Install npm dependencies after cloning

[pi0]

Describe the feature

We should support an optional flag to support installing template dependencies after cloning. This gives close functionality to a layer to an npm package.

Additional information

• Would you be willing to help implement this feature?

[pi0]

For context, this feature is required for Nuxt Layers Extending (nuxt/nuxt#13367). Install after the clone is the most straightforward way. However, there are more ingenious ways such as generating a stub package.json and add it as a dependency to the main project. These are beyond c12 and should be experimented on nuxt but worth noting here.

[pi0]

Linking issue unjs/giget#6

[marr]

The nuxt layer issue seems more complicated than installing after cloning. The issue of missing dependencies happens even when not using git references. Ie, if I point my extends to a relative file path, like ../layer1, the deps installed there are not found by the parent app.

[pi0]

@marr this is something we might want to investigate on nuxt (and nitro) side. framework is supposed to automatically add {layer}/node_modules to modulesDir[] configuration.

[pi0]

BTW now we have stable nypm if anyone wants to support it as an optional feature PR is welcome 👍🏼

[francoisauclair911]

Just checking if there is some progress made on this ?
Thank you!

[pi0]

@francoisauclair911 Yes it is on my todo list to add opt-in feature 👍🏼

[madsh93]

@pi0 this is very exciting. It will be much easier to manage layers this way.

[pi0]

Also related: #109

[madsh93]

If i I understand it correctly then using layers with the GitHub strategy it is now fixed? Would that mean that the last remaining strategy is if using monorepo @pi0 ?

[pi0]

with #112 and https://github.com/unjs/c12/releases/tag/v1.5.1, now we are one step away from supporting this (unjs/giget#6)

[pi0]

A shortcut for install is added via #126. This feature is undocumented for now until testing more. Feedbacks more than welcome!

[9M6]

@pi0 the issue pointed out by @marr still persists. I have a layer which I am extend:['../layer'] from a parent directory, but the dependencies are not included. When I manually added: modulesDir: ["../layer/node_modules"], it magically started kind of working.

[9M6]

@pi0 yes, does not install. Do I need to do npm install or npm build/dev?

[pi0]

@9M6 if you are sure the dependencies will be installed, it might be bug in nuxt that does not extends layer node_modules. In which case i would suggest to follow up via an issue in nuxt repostiroy 🙏🏼

[aurelioth]

@pi0 Can you check my comment here nuxt/nuxt#26479 ? Hope it makes sense for you.

[vis97c]

@pi0 the issue pointed out by @marr still persists. I have a layer which I am extend:['../layer'] from a parent directory, but the dependencies are not included. When I manually added: modulesDir: ["../layer/node_modules"], it magically started kind of working.

Currently facing the same issue. Thanks for the workaround. In my case I intend to create a npm package so is not that much on a issue. Did you open an issue?

I also had to add root node_modules folder: modulesDir: ["../layer/node_modules", "node_modules"] otherwise sass would break, don't ask me why tho.