[BUG] Workspaces and npm bin

[rauschma]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

When I use npm workspaces, node_modules is not inside the directory of a workspace, but one level higher.

$ cd /tmp/monorepo/workspace1/ ; npm bin
/tmp/monorepo/workspace1/node_modules/.bin

(This directory does not exist.)

Expected Behavior

$ cd /tmp/monorepo/workspace1/ ; npm bin
/tmp/monorepo/node_modules/.bin

Steps To Reproduce

No response

Environment

• OS: macOS
• Node: 16.10.0
• npm: 7.24.0

[wraithgar]

This is working as intended. A workspace will not get a node_modules directory unless it has specific dependencies that can not be hoisted to the root package.

npm bin has also been fixed to show an error if you try to run it from inside the context of a workspace, as that is not a valid command in that context.