Add the pnpm create command

[illright]

I'd like to start a discussion about the init command for pnpm.

Here's how I see it:

• pnpm init behaves similarly to npm init, produces an interactive wizard for creating a new Node project
  • With one exception: npm asks for a test command, and if you omit it, it creates a script "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1". I believe this is unnecessary clutter since most of the time, it's too early to decide on the test command when the project is just initialized. And it's not like a Node project isn't valid unless it defines a test script.
• pnpm init react-app behaves similarly to npm init react-app, essentially transforming the call into pnpm dlx create-react-app.

Command-line options:

• -y, --yes: For pnpm init, skips all the questions and produces a default package.json. Ignored for pnpm init <pkg>.

Unlike npm, the --force option is not supported. I couldn't figure out what it does :p
Not sure what to do about workspaces. Should this option support being run in workspaces?

[illright]

Oh wow, I just found out that enquirer has something called a Snippet Prompt and it looks so good.
In the example they even use it for a package.json file. I think we should use that for pnpm init.

[illright]

For another thought, I kind of like Yarn's interface more with this. They have two commands:

• yarn init mimics npm init
• yarn create some-package mimics npm init some-package

There are two reasons why I like this:

• npm's behaviour of prepending create- to initializer packages is kind of hidden away, at least Yarn has chosen a matching name:

  npm init react-app
  # vs
  yarn create react-app

  To me, the latter says create-react-app much more than the former
• The behaviour of npm init and npm init <pkg> is completely different, it makes sense for those to be two separate commands.

All in all, I propose we have pnpm create and pnpm init.

[illright]

I'm having trouble with pnpm run watch on this project. It goes well almost until the end but then fails. Here are the few log lines of the failure:

  dist/pnpm.cjs  4.9mb ⚠️

⚡ Done in 781ms

> pnpm@6.16.1 bundle:pnpx /home/illright/work/pnpm/packages/pnpm
> esbuild lib/pnpx.js --bundle --platform=node --outfile=dist/pnpx.cjs


  dist/pnpx.cjs  534.3kb

⚡ Done in 53ms
cp: dest is not a directory (too many sources)
/home/illright/work/pnpm/packages/pnpm:
 ERROR  pnpm@6.16.1 compile: `rimraf lib tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc --build && pnpm run lint -- --fix && rimraf dist bin/nodes && pnpm run bundle && shx cp -r node-gyp-bin dist/node-gyp-bin && shx cp -r node_modules/@pnpm/tabtab/lib/scripts dist/scripts && shx cp -r node_modules/ps-list/vendor dist/vendor "--watch"`
Exit status 1
 ERROR  Command failed with exit code 1.

Could you help me diagnose this?

[zkochan]

All in all, I propose we have pnpm create and pnpm init.

Sounds good.

[zkochan]

I'm having trouble with pnpm run watch on this project. It goes well almost until the end but then fails. Here are the few log lines of the failure:

I never used watch. Try running pnpm -w compile

[zkochan]

it will be easier if you create a separate PR for pnpm init

[illright]

Yeah, that was an accident. My bad

[TheKonka]

I'm having trouble with pnpm run watch on this project. It goes well almost until the end but then fails. Here are the few log lines of the failure:

  dist/pnpm.cjs  4.9mb ⚠️

⚡ Done in 781ms

> pnpm@6.16.1 bundle:pnpx /home/illright/work/pnpm/packages/pnpm
> esbuild lib/pnpx.js --bundle --platform=node --outfile=dist/pnpx.cjs


  dist/pnpx.cjs  534.3kb

⚡ Done in 53ms
cp: dest is not a directory (too many sources)
/home/illright/work/pnpm/packages/pnpm:
 ERROR  pnpm@6.16.1 compile: `rimraf lib tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && tsc --build && pnpm run lint -- --fix && rimraf dist bin/nodes && pnpm run bundle && shx cp -r node-gyp-bin dist/node-gyp-bin && shx cp -r node_modules/@pnpm/tabtab/lib/scripts dist/scripts && shx cp -r node_modules/ps-list/vendor dist/vendor "--watch"`
Exit status 1
 ERROR  Command failed with exit code 1.

Could you help me diagnose this?

Hello, I meet the same problem. Is there any solution can fix it?