Fix local paths not finding extension-develop

Author: cezaraugusto

programs/cli/__spec__/cache-reuse-offline.spec.ts

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+import {describe, it, expect} from 'vitest'
 import {execSync, spawnSync} from 'node:child_process'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import os from 'node:os'
 import path from 'node:path'
 import crypto from 'node:crypto'
+import {spawnSync as spawn} from 'node:child_process'
 
 function cliRoot(): string {
   return path.resolve(__dirname, '..')
@@ -82,6 +84,11 @@ describe('cache reuse offline', () => {
       stdio: 'inherit'
     })
 
+    const prefer =
+      (spawn('pnpm', ['--version'], {stdio: 'ignore'}).status || 1) === 0
+        ? 'pnpm'
+        : 'npm'
+
     let r = spawnSync(
       process.execPath,
       [
@@ -91,7 +98,11 @@ describe('cache reuse offline', () => {
         '--browser=chrome',
         '--silent=true'
       ],
-      {cwd: work, env: {...process.env, EXTENSION_DLX: 'npm'}, stdio: 'inherit'}
+      {
+        cwd: work,
+        env: {...process.env, EXTENSION_DLX: prefer},
+        stdio: 'inherit'
+      }
     )
     expect(r.status).toBe(0)
 

programs/cli/index.ts

@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ if (process.argv.length <= 2) {
   process.exit(0)
 }
 
-extensionJs.parse()
+extensionJs.parseAsync().catch((err: unknown) => {
+  console.error(err)
+  process.exit(1)
+})

programs/cli/utils.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,38 @@ export async function requireOrDlx(
   const cacheDir = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'extensionjs-cache', spec)
   const modulePath = path.join(cacheDir, 'node_modules', moduleName)
 
+  // Monorepo development fallback: use local sibling package if present
+  try {
+    const localDist = path.resolve(
+      __dirname,
+      '..', // dist/
+      '..', // cli/ -> programs/
+      'develop',
+      'dist',
+      'module.js'
+    )
+    if (fs.existsSync(localDist)) {
+      return await import(pathToFileURL(localDist).href)
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore
+  }
+
+  try {
+    const cwdDist = path.resolve(
+      process.cwd(),
+      'programs',
+      'develop',
+      'dist',
+      'module.js'
+    )
+    if (fs.existsSync(cwdDist)) {
+      return await import(pathToFileURL(cwdDist).href)
+    }
+  } catch {
+    // Ignore
+  }
+
   let prefer = String(process.env.EXTENSION_DLX || '')
     .trim()
     .toLowerCase()
@@ -99,6 +131,30 @@ export async function requireOrDlx(
       spawnSync(npmCmd, args, {cwd: cacheDir, stdio: 'ignore'}).status || 0
   }
 
+  // Fallback to alternate package managers if the preferred one failed
+  if (status !== 0) {
+    // Try pnpm fallback
+    try {
+      fs.writeFileSync(
+        path.join(cacheDir, 'package.json'),
+        JSON.stringify({name: 'extensionjs-cache', private: true}, null, 2)
+      )
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore
+    }
+
+    if (prefer !== 'pnpm') {
+      const args = ['add', spec, '--reporter', 'silent', '--no-frozen-lockfile']
+      status =
+        spawnSync(pnpmCmd, args, {cwd: cacheDir, stdio: 'ignore'}).status || 0
+    }
+  }
+  if (status !== 0 && prefer !== 'bun') {
+    const args = ['add', spec]
+    status =
+      spawnSync(bunCmd, args, {cwd: cacheDir, stdio: 'ignore'}).status || 0
+  }
+
   if (status !== 0) {
     throw new Error(`Failed to install ${spec}`)
   }

programs/develop/tsconfig.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "noEmit": false,
+    "noEmit": true,
     "types": ["node", "chrome"],
     "lib": ["ES2021", "DOM"]
   },