fix: config set should write to the global config file (#6132)

close #5877
close #6131

.changeset/serious-rice-boil.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-config": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+`pnpm config set` should write to the global config file by default [#5877](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/5877).

config/plugin-commands-config/src/ConfigCommandOptions.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { Config } from '@pnpm/config'
 
 export type ConfigCommandOptions = Pick<Config,
 | 'configDir'
+| 'cliOptions'
 | 'dir'
 | 'global'
 | 'rawConfig'

config/plugin-commands-config/src/config.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ export function help () {
             name: '--global',
             shortAlias: '-g',
           },
+          {
+            description: 'When set to "project", the .npmrc file at the nearest package.json will be used',
+            name: '--location <project|global>',
+          },
         ],
       },
     ],
@@ -74,6 +78,8 @@ export async function handler (opts: ConfigCommandOptions, params: string[]) {
   }
   if (opts.location) {
     opts.global = opts.location === 'global'
+  } else if (opts.cliOptions['global'] == null) {
+    opts.global = true
   }
   switch (params[0]) {
   case 'set': {

config/plugin-commands-config/test/configDelete.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ cache-dir=~/cache`)
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     global: true,
     rawConfig: {},

config/plugin-commands-config/test/configGet.test.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { config } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-config'
 test('config get', async () => {
   const configKey = await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir: process.cwd(),
     global: true,
     rawConfig: {

config/plugin-commands-config/test/configList.test.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ function normalizeNewlines (str: string) {
 test('config list', async () => {
   const output = await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir: process.cwd(),
     rawConfig: {
       'store-dir': '~/store',
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ store-dir=~/store
 test('config list --json', async () => {
   const output = await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir: process.cwd(),
     json: true,
     rawConfig: {

config/plugin-commands-config/test/configSet.test.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ test('config set using the global option', async () => {
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     global: true,
     rawConfig: {},
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ test('config set using the location=global option', async () => {
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     location: 'global',
     rawConfig: {},
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@ test('config set using the location=project option', async () => {
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     location: 'project',
     rawConfig: {},
@@ -68,8 +71,10 @@ test('config set in project .npmrc file', async () => {
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     global: false,
+    location: 'project',
     rawConfig: {},
   }, ['set', 'fetch-retries', '1'])
 
@@ -87,6 +92,7 @@ test('config set key=value', async () => {
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     location: 'project',
     rawConfig: {},
@@ -106,6 +112,7 @@ test('config set key=value, when value contains a "="', async () => {
 
   await config.handler({
     dir: process.cwd(),
+    cliOptions: {},
     configDir,
     location: 'project',
     rawConfig: {},