fix: print message when installing taking too long

package.json

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "@tsconfig/node14": "^1.0.1",
     "@types/async-retry": "^1.4.4",
     "@types/got": "^9.6.12",
+    "@types/ms": "^0.7.31",
     "@types/node": "^14.18.12",
     "@types/tar": "^6.1.1",
     "async-retry": "^1.3.3",
@@ -64,5 +65,8 @@
     "update-check": "^1.5.4",
     "webpack": "^5.73.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^4.9.2"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "ms": "^2.1.3"
   }
 }

src/create.ts

@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ export default async function create(
 
   await formatProject(projectDirectory);
 
-  console.log("Installing packages. This might take up to a few minutes.\n");
+  console.log("Installing packages. This might take up to a few minutes.");
 
   await installDependencies(projectDirectory);
 
+  console.log();
+
   if (await tryGitInit(projectDirectory)) {
     console.log("Initialized a git repository.\n");
   }

src/utils/install-dependencies.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+import ms from "ms";
+
 import { exec } from "./async-exec";
 
 export async function installDependencies(
   projectDirectory: string
 ): Promise<void> {
+  const internal = setInterval(() => {
+    console.log("Hang on, packages are still being installed…");
+  }, ms("5s"));
   await exec(`yarn install`, { cwd: projectDirectory });
+  clearInterval(internal);
 }

yarn.lock

@@ -1044,6 +1044,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/ms@^0.7.31":
+  version "0.7.31"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/ms/-/ms-0.7.31.tgz#31b7ca6407128a3d2bbc27fe2d21b345397f6197"
+  integrity sha512-iiUgKzV9AuaEkZqkOLDIvlQiL6ltuZd9tGcW3gwpnX8JbuiuhFlEGmmFXEXkN50Cvq7Os88IY2v0dkDqXYWVgA==
+
 "@types/node-fetch@^2.6.2":
   version "2.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.2.tgz#d1a9c5fd049d9415dce61571557104dec3ec81da"
@@ -3730,7 +3735,7 @@ ms@2.1.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz#d09d1f357b443f493382a8eb3ccd183872ae6009"
   integrity sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w==
 
-ms@^2.0.0, ms@^2.1.2:
+ms@^2.0.0, ms@^2.1.2, ms@^2.1.3:
   version "2.1.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ms/-/ms-2.1.3.tgz#574c8138ce1d2b5861f0b44579dbadd60c6615b2"
   integrity sha512-6FlzubTLZG3J2a/NVCAleEhjzq5oxgHyaCU9yYXvcLsvoVaHJq/s5xXI6/XXP6tz7R9xAOtHnSO/tXtF3WRTlA==