fix: add dir option support in link <pkg> --global (#5473)

Co-authored-by: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>

.changeset/few-ghosts-rule.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+`pnpm link <pkg> --global` should work when a custom target directory is specified with the `--dir` CLI option [#5473](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/5473).

.changeset/heavy-tools-agree.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/core": patch
+---
+
+Fix WARN undefined has no binaries

packages/core/src/install/index.ts

@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ const _installInContext: InstallFunction = async (projects, ctx, opts) => {
       if (opts.global && projectToInstall.mutation.includes('install')) {
         projectToInstall.wantedDependencies.forEach(pkg => {
           if (!linkedPackages?.includes(pkg.alias)) {
-            logger.warn({ message: `${pkg.alias} has no binaries`, prefix: opts.lockfileDir })
+            logger.warn({ message: `${pkg.alias ?? pkg.pref} has no binaries`, prefix: opts.lockfileDir })
           }
         })
       }

packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/link.ts

@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ export async function handler (
     workspacePackages,
   })
 
+  const linkCwdDir = opts.cliOptions?.dir && opts.cliOptions?.global ? path.resolve(opts.cliOptions.dir) : cwd
+
   // pnpm link
   if ((params == null) || (params.length === 0)) {
     if (path.relative(linkOpts.dir, cwd) === '') {
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ export async function handler (
     const { manifest, writeProjectManifest } = await tryReadProjectManifest(opts.dir, opts)
     const newManifest = await addDependenciesToPackage(
       manifest ?? {},
-      [`link:${opts.cliOptions?.dir ? path.resolve(opts.cliOptions.dir) : cwd}`],
+      [`link:${linkCwdDir}`],
       linkOpts
     )
     await writeProjectManifest(newManifest)
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ export async function handler (
     globalPkgNames.forEach((pkgName) => pkgPaths.push(path.join(globalPkgPath, 'node_modules', pkgName)))
   }
 
-  const { manifest, writeProjectManifest } = await readProjectManifest(cwd, opts)
+  const { manifest, writeProjectManifest } = await readProjectManifest(linkCwdDir, opts)
 
   const linkConfig = await getConfig(
     { ...opts.cliOptions, dir: cwd },
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ export async function handler (
     }
   )
   const storeL = await createOrConnectStoreControllerCached(storeControllerCache, linkConfig)
-  const newManifest = await link(pkgPaths, path.join(cwd, 'node_modules'), {
+  const newManifest = await link(pkgPaths, path.join(linkCwdDir, 'node_modules'), {
     ...linkConfig,
     targetDependenciesField: linkOpts.targetDependenciesField,
     storeController: storeL.ctrl,

packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/link.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ test('link global bin', async function () {
 
   await link.handler({
     ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    cliOptions: {
+      global: true,
+    },
     bin: globalBin,
     dir: globalDir,
   })
@@ -72,7 +75,7 @@ test('link global bin', async function () {
   await isExecutable((value) => expect(value).toBeTruthy(), path.join(globalBin, 'package-with-bin'))
 })
 
-test('link --dir global bin', async function () {
+test('link to global bin from the specified directory', async function () {
   prepare()
   process.chdir('..')
 
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ test('link --dir global bin', async function () {
   await link.handler({
     ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
     cliOptions: {
+      global: true,
       dir: path.resolve('./dir/package-with-bin-in-dir'),
     },
     bin: globalBin,
@@ -98,6 +102,49 @@ test('link --dir global bin', async function () {
   await isExecutable((value) => expect(value).toBeTruthy(), path.join(globalBin, 'package-with-bin-in-dir'))
 })
 
+test('link a global package to the specified directory', async function () {
+  const project = prepare()
+  process.chdir('..')
+
+  const globalDir = path.resolve('global')
+  const globalBin = path.join(globalDir, 'bin')
+  const oldPath = process.env[PATH]
+  process.env[PATH] = `${globalBin}${path.delimiter}${oldPath ?? ''}`
+  await fs.mkdir(globalBin, { recursive: true })
+
+  await writePkg('global-package-with-bin', { name: 'global-package-with-bin', version: '1.0.0', bin: 'bin.js' })
+  await fs.writeFile('global-package-with-bin/bin.js', '#!/usr/bin/env node\nconsole.log(/hi/)\n', 'utf8')
+
+  process.chdir('global-package-with-bin')
+
+  // link to global
+  await link.handler({
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    cliOptions: {
+      global: true,
+    },
+    bin: globalBin,
+    dir: globalDir,
+  })
+
+  process.chdir('..')
+
+  // link from global
+  await link.handler({
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    cliOptions: {
+      global: true,
+      dir: path.resolve('./project'),
+    },
+    bin: globalBin,
+    dir: globalDir,
+  }, ['global-package-with-bin'])
+
+  process.env[PATH] = oldPath
+
+  await project.has('global-package-with-bin')
+})
+
 test('relative link', async () => {
   const project = prepare({
     dependencies: {