From ab9eb59e9ceaaeb43a8f748dc61a9f0d5be2dd5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 14:05:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: improve global install output to show clean summary
 (#10897)

Hide the ugly temporary directory path prefix from progress output
for global installs (same approach as dlx). Show a proper install
summary with "global:" heading instead of the temp directory path.
---
 .changeset/fix-global-install-output.md                   | 6 ++++++
 cli/default-reporter/src/index.ts                         | 2 +-
 cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/pkgsDiff.ts    | 8 +++++---
 .../src/reporterForClient/reportSummary.ts                | 8 ++------
 cli/default-reporter/test/index.ts                        | 2 +-
 5 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/fix-global-install-output.md

diff --git a/.changeset/fix-global-install-output.md b/.changeset/fix-global-install-output.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ab0bad235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-global-install-output.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/default-reporter": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+Fixed the output of global install to show a clean install summary instead of displaying ugly temporary directory paths in progress output.
diff --git a/cli/default-reporter/src/index.ts b/cli/default-reporter/src/index.ts
index 52b302bad4..e159e9041f 100644
--- a/cli/default-reporter/src/index.ts
+++ b/cli/default-reporter/src/index.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export function toOutput$ (
       throttleProgress: opts.reportingOptions?.throttleProgress,
       width: opts.reportingOptions?.outputMaxWidth,
       hideAddedPkgsProgress: opts.reportingOptions?.hideAddedPkgsProgress,
-      hideProgressPrefix: opts.reportingOptions?.hideProgressPrefix ?? (cmd === 'dlx'),
+      hideProgressPrefix: opts.reportingOptions?.hideProgressPrefix ?? (cmd === 'dlx' || opts.context.config?.global === true),
       hideLifecycleOutput: opts.reportingOptions?.hideLifecycleOutput,
       hideLifecyclePrefix: opts.reportingOptions?.hideLifecyclePrefix,
       approveBuildsInstructionText: opts.reportingOptions?.approveBuildsInstructionText,
diff --git a/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/pkgsDiff.ts b/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/pkgsDiff.ts
index 578d73cf7f..916c38f6e1 100644
--- a/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/pkgsDiff.ts
+++ b/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/pkgsDiff.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ export function getPkgsDiff (
     packageManifest: Rx.Observable<logs.PackageManifestLog>
   },
   opts: {
-    prefix: string
+    prefix?: string
   }
 ): Rx.Observable<PkgsDiff> {
   const deprecationSet$ = log$.deprecation
     .pipe(
-      filter((log) => log.prefix === opts.prefix),
+      filter((log) => !opts.prefix || log.prefix === opts.prefix),
       scan((acc, log) => {
         acc.add(log.pkgId)
         return acc
@@ -55,7 +55,9 @@ export function getPkgsDiff (
       startWith(new Set())
     )
 
-  const filterPrefix = filter((log: { prefix: string }) => log.prefix === opts.prefix)
+  const filterPrefix = opts.prefix
+    ? filter((log: { prefix: string }) => log.prefix === opts.prefix)
+    : <T>(x: Rx.Observable<T>) => x
   const pkgsDiff$ = Rx.combineLatest(
     log$.root.pipe(filterPrefix),
     deprecationSet$
diff --git a/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/reportSummary.ts b/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/reportSummary.ts
index 9f5351c8af..affa96805f 100644
--- a/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/reportSummary.ts
+++ b/cli/default-reporter/src/reporterForClient/reportSummary.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export function reportSummary (
     pnpmConfig?: Config
   }
 ): Rx.Observable<Rx.Observable<{ msg: string }>> {
-  const pkgsDiff$ = getPkgsDiff(log$, { prefix: opts.cwd })
+  const pkgsDiff$ = getPkgsDiff(log$, { prefix: opts.pnpmConfig?.global ? undefined : opts.cwd })
 
   const summaryLog$ = log$.summary.pipe(take(1))
   const _printDiffs = printDiffs.bind(null, { cmd: opts.cmd, prefix: opts.cwd, pnpmConfig: opts.pnpmConfig })
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ export function reportSummary (
           }
           if (diffs.length > 0) {
             msg += EOL
-            if (opts.pnpmConfig?.global) {
-              msg += chalk.cyanBright(`${opts.cwd}:`)
-            } else {
-              msg += chalk.cyanBright(`${propertyByDependencyType[depType] as string}:`)
-            }
+            msg += chalk.cyanBright(opts.pnpmConfig?.global ? 'global:' : `${propertyByDependencyType[depType] as string}:`)
             msg += EOL
             msg += _printDiffs(diffs, depType)
             msg += EOL
diff --git a/cli/default-reporter/test/index.ts b/cli/default-reporter/test/index.ts
index ea6435bc44..7d89eada96 100644
--- a/cli/default-reporter/test/index.ts
+++ b/cli/default-reporter/test/index.ts
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ test('prints summary for global installation', async () => {
 
   const output = await firstValueFrom(output$.pipe(take(1), map(normalizeNewline)))
   expect(output).toBe(EOL + `\
-${h1(`${prefix}:`)}
+${h1('global:')}
 ${ADD} bar ${versionColor('2.0.0')}
 ${ADD} foo ${versionColor('1.0.0')} ${versionColor('(2.0.0 is available)')}
 `)