[Bug]: failing to read package.json (at wrong directory)

[jaril]

What happened?

Tried to run tldraw locally following the README instructions (yarn, yarn dev).

The yarn dev step throws an error where it seems to try to read package.json from my root directory instead of the tldraw folder.

➜  tldraw git:(main) pwd
/Users/jarilvalenciano/ws/tldraw
➜  tldraw git:(main) yarn; yarn dev;
➤ YN0000: ┌ Resolution step
➤ YN0002: │ @auto-it/core@npm:10.45.0 [37d36] doesn't provide @types/node (pfbc52), requested by ts-node
➤ YN0002: │ @auto-it/npm@npm:10.46.0 doesn't provide typescript (p064ed), requested by @auto-it/core
➤ YN0002: │ @auto-it/released@npm:10.46.0 doesn't provide typescript (p04900), requested by @auto-it/core
➤ YN0002: │ @auto-it/version-file@npm:10.46.0 doesn't provide typescript (p60e3b), requested by @auto-it/core
➤ YN0002: │ @endemolshinegroup/cosmiconfig-typescript-loader@npm:3.0.2 [1083e] doesn't provide typescript (p8ded4), requested by ts-node
➤ YN0002: │ @tldraw/assets@workspace:packages/assets doesn't provide typescript (p8f881), requested by ts-node-dev
➤ YN0002: │ @tldraw/store@workspace:packages/store doesn't provide react (pb1409), requested by @tldraw/state
➤ YN0002: │ @tldraw/tlschema@workspace:packages/tlschema doesn't provide react (p38abe), requested by @tldraw/state
➤ YN0002: │ auto@npm:10.46.0 doesn't provide typescript (p78071), requested by @auto-it/core
➤ YN0002: │ config@workspace:config doesn't provide eslint (pee0a8), requested by eslint-config-prettier
➤ YN0002: │ config@workspace:config doesn't provide eslint (p7d3d5), requested by eslint-plugin-react
➤ YN0002: │ examples.tldraw.com@workspace:apps/examples doesn't provide @babel/core (p3c91a), requested by @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide eslint (p8dae3), requested by @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide eslint (p6ef29), requested by @typescript-eslint/parser
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide react (p30fd0), requested by @tldraw/editor
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide react (pab13c), requested by @tldraw/tldraw
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide react-dom (p68b55), requested by @tldraw/editor
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide react-dom (p7b53d), requested by @tldraw/tldraw
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide typescript (pb7509), requested by ts-loader
➤ YN0002: │ tldraw-vscode@workspace:apps/vscode/extension doesn't provide webpack (p07c3d), requested by ts-loader
➤ YN0000: │ Some peer dependencies are incorrectly met; run yarn explain peer-requirements <hash> for details, where <hash> is the six-letter p-prefixed code
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 0s 298ms
➤ YN0000: ┌ Fetch step
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 0s 261ms
➤ YN0000: ┌ Link step
➤ YN0007: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. must be built because it never has been before or the last one failed
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT husky - Git hooks installed
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT lazyrepo 0.0.0-alpha.27
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT -----------------------
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT ∙ ERROR ∙ Failed reading package.json in '/Users/jarilvalenciano'
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT Required at "name"
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT Required at "version"
➤ YN0009: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. couldn't be built successfully (exit code 1, logs can be found here: /private/var/folders/01/1smzd4054cx_99zjg_qmpj5h0000gn/T/xfs-cd821360/build.log)
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 1s 321ms
➤ YN0000: Failed with errors in 2s 49ms
lazyrepo 0.0.0-alpha.27
-----------------------
∙ ERROR ∙ Failed reading package.json in '/Users/jarilvalenciano'
Required at "name"
Required at "version"

How can we reproduce the bug?

The error persist even after running the command multiple times.

Other info that may be useful:

• OS: macOS 13.3.1 (a) (22E772610a)
• node: v18.13.0
• npm: 8.19.3
• yarn: 3.5.0

What browsers are you seeing the problem on?

Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge

Contact Details

jarilvalenciano@gmail.com

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

[adi-lb-phoenix]

did you run "yarn add @tldraw/tldraw@alpha" from the root directory , that is tldraw/ ?

[chadbailey59]

I'm having the same problem. MacOS Ventura 13.4 (M1 ARM Mac), node 18.16.1, yarn 3.5.0, npm 9.5.1.

[jiannystein]

➤ YN0000: ┌ Link step
➤ YN0007: │ core-js@npm:3.32.2 must be built because it never has been before or the last one failed
➤ YN0007: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. must be built because it never has been before or the last one failed
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT husky - Git hooks installed
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT lazyrepo 0.0.0-alpha.27
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT -----------------------
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT ∙ ERROR ∙ Failed reading package.json in '/root'
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT Required at "name"
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT Required at "version"
➤ YN0009: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. couldn't be built successfully (exit code 1, logs can be found here: /tmp/xfs-88627b65/build.log)
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 6s 840ms
➤ YN0000: Failed with errors in 20s 497ms
root@testprojects:~/tldraw# node -v
v18.13.0
root@testprojects:~/tldraw# npm -v
9.2.0
root@testprojects:~/tldraw# yarn -v
3.5.0```

[ttlpta]

➤ YN0000: ┌ Link step
➤ YN0007: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. must be built because it never has been before or the last one failed
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT husky - Git hooks installed
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT lazyrepo 0.0.0-alpha.27
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT -----------------------
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT ∙ ERROR ∙ Failed reading package.json in '/home/anh.pham9/Projects'
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT Required at "name"
➤ YN0000: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. STDOUT Required at "version"
➤ YN0009: │ @tldraw/monorepo@workspace:. couldn't be built successfully (exit code 1, logs can be found here: /tmp/xfs-7797dd31/build.log)
➤ YN0000: └ Completed in 1s 796ms
➤ YN0000: Failed with errors in 27s 116ms

I met this error too on linux (Ubuntu 22)

[ttlpta]

Finally , I yarned success, i think the reason for this issue is on the parent directory (folder "Projects" in my local) has yarn.lock, package json, .yarn.. I removed all of them, and run yarn success.

[MitjaBezensek]

Yeah, lazyrepo continues going up the folders to find the root folder. If you have some package.json files above the root tldraw folder this can happen.