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pnpm/pnpm11/docs/git_branch_lockfiles.md
Zoltan Kochan 4e6351952d docs: correct the guides from agent skills to lockfile (#17248)
Correct the v12 guides from agent-skills.md through lockfile.md against
pnpm/crates, and fix the same wrong text on the v11 twins where pnpm11
confirms it. Part of pnpm/tasks#191.

Wrong claims (both versions):
- configuring: the global auth file is auth.ini, not rc; list the
  npm_config_* exceptions (workspace dir, userconfig, URL-scoped auth).
- config-dependencies: the hook import used an invalid ESM specifier.
- docker: Example 3 ran fetch --prod and built without an offline install
  or pnpm-workspace.yaml.
- errors: drop MISMATCHED_RELEASE_CHANNEL, describe INVALID_NODE_VERSION
  through nodeVersion, PEER_DEP_ISSUES needs strictPeerDependencies.
- faq: no lockfile deletion after a readPackage hook, default store order,
  junctions depend on symlink privilege.
- filtering: `!./lib` matches one project; use `!./lib/**`.
- git branch lockfiles: every non [A-Za-z0-9_.-] character becomes `!`,
  the name is lowercased, merging deletes branch lockfiles, "or" patterns.
- git-worktrees: remove the nonexistent worktree:new and shell/wt.sh.
- global-packages: orphaned dirs are cleaned by add -g (and update -g in
  v12), not store prune; document that add -g replaces every group that
  contains the package.
- how-peers-are-resolved: current peer directory names.
- completion: built-in completion already covers --filter and scripts.
- feature-comparison: broken JSR anchor.

Wrong claims (v12 only):
- cargo: cargo.indexUrl fails the parse, overrides apply to adding only,
  merge the duplicated Cargo index section into Registries.
- global-virtual-store: pnx keeps its own virtual store (dlx part only;
  the global-install claims are left for a separate decision).
- installation: the npm package installs on Node.js 18, only get-pnpm
  needs 22.13; trim unverified compatibility rows.

Missing facts (v12): agent-skills group filtering and naming, catalogs
(catalogs.default, pnx, --save-catalog, error codes), cargo recursive
add, build-std, resolution keys, completion zsh/pwsh setup, config
dependency location and error codes, include error codes, CI opt-outs and
pnpm ci, finders on list, filtering settings and --no-fail-if-no-match,
global install refusals, trust for npm-registry package managers, Rust
shims, overrides link from aliases.

Stale history (v12): drop v11/v10 version markers and "since v11"
narration in continuous-integration, filtering, finders, git-worktrees,
global-packages, global-virtual-store, how-peers-are-resolved, lockfile,
completion, configuring.

Review follow-up: the Node.js compatibility table keeps the pnpm 10
column; Docker Example 3 builds with all dependencies in a build stage
and ships only production dependencies, with the pnpm-workspace.yaml
caveat (both versions); catalogs keep the bare-path form; v11 global
packages name `pnpm update -g` as cleaning orphans too; the cargo
build-std note says when rust-src must be listed.

Second review: build-std needs a non-empty list; the Docker fetch layer
also depends on the project settings; branch lockfile names keep only
ASCII characters; the conflict merge needs both sides to parse; Rust
shims and package managers are default globalShims participants;
pnpm self-update also cleans orphaned global groups; v12 pnpm login
writes tokens to config.yaml; legacyDirFiltering keeps the subtree
wording (the v12 mismatch is pnpm/tasks#196); the v12 Docker
example copies the files that `include` names before pnpm fetch.
2026-10-23 02:16:47 +02:00

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git_branch_lockfiles Git Branch Lockfiles

Git branch lockfiles allows you to totally avoid lockfile merge conflicts and solve it later.

Use git branch lockfiles

You can turn on this feature by configuring the pnpm-workspace.yaml file.

gitBranchLockfile: true

By doing this, lockfile name will be generated based on the current branch name.

For instance, the current branch name is feature-1. Then, the generated lockfile name will be pnpm-lock.feature-1.yaml. You can commit it to the Git, and merge all git branch lockfiles later.

- <project_folder>
|- pnpm-lock.yaml
|- pnpm-lock.feature-1.yaml
|- pnpm-lock.<branch_name>.yaml

:::note

Every character in the branch name other than ASCII letters, digits, _, ., and - is converted to !, and the name is lowercased. So the lockfile of the Feature/1 branch is pnpm-lock.feature!1.yaml. A character outside the Basic Multilingual Plane, such as an emoji, becomes !!.

:::

Merge git branch lockfiles

pnpm install --merge-git-branch-lockfiles

To merge all git branch lockfiles, just specify --merge-git-branch-lockfiles to pnpm install command.

After that, all git branch lockfiles will be merged into one pnpm-lock.yaml, and the branch lockfiles are deleted.

Branch matching

pnpm allows you to specify --merge-git-branch-lockfiles by matching the current branch name.

For instance, by the following setting in pnpm-workspace.yaml file, pnpm install will merge all git branch lockfiles when running in the main branch or in a branch whose name starts with release.

mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern:
- main
- release*

See gitBranchLockfile and mergeGitBranchLockfilesBranchPattern for the setting reference.