When `package.json` sets both `packageManager` and `devEngines.packageManager` to the same pnpm version with the same integrity hash pnpm prints a spurious warning on every command. For example, a `package.json` file that looks like:
```json
{
"packageManager": "pnpm@11.5.1+sha512.93f7b57422ea7068257235b4c16eb60762eb68e1dc23723199cc739043ea9be2c4143274a399d8c6defa2b1176226d9ca1c4b63482d6200c1a8fbaa78c1d1485",
"devEngines": {
"packageManager": {
"name": "pnpm",
"version": "11.5.1+sha512.93f7b57422ea7068257235b4c16eb60762eb68e1dc23723199cc739043ea9be2c4143274a399d8c6defa2b1176226d9ca1c4b63482d6200c1a8fbaa78c1d1485",
"onFail": "ignore"
},
"runtime": [
{
"name": "node",
"version": "26.3.0",
"onFail": "ignore"
}
]
}
}
```
Issues a warning on every `pnpm` command:
> Cannot use both "packageManager" and "devEngines.packageManager" in package.json. "packageManager" will be ignored.
## Root cause
`getWantedPackageManager` compares the two fields to decide whether to warn, but the two sides were normalized differently:
- `parsePackageManager` **strips the integrity hash** from the legacy `packageManager` field → `11.5.1`
- the `devEngines.packageManager` version was compared **with its hash intact** → `11.5.1+sha512.93f7b57…`
So, `"11.5.1" !== "11.5.1+sha512…"` was always true and the warning fired, even for identical specs. An earlier fix in #11307 only suppressed the warning when *neither* side carried a hash.
## Fix
`parsePackageManager` now also returns the hash (via a shared `splitPackageManagerVersion`), and `getPackageManagerConflictWarning` compares the fields structurally. The warning is suppressed **only when the two specifiers are identical** (name + version + hash, both-absent counts as equal):
| name | version | hash | result |
|------|---------|------|--------|
| same | same | both absent, or both present & equal | ✅ no warning |
| same | same | present on **one side only** | ⚠️ generic "Cannot use both…" |
| same | same | both present & **differ** | ⚠️ "…contradictory integrity hashes" |
| same | **differ** | — | ⚠️ "…different versions of pnpm" |
| **differ** | — | — | ⚠️ "…different package managers" |
A hash on only one side is still a divergence — dropping the ignored `packageManager` field would lose that hash — so it warns with the original generic message. Two contradictory hashes for one version (a likely wrong-hash mistake) get a dedicated message. The generic single message is otherwise replaced by one tailored to each conflict, each ending with `"packageManager" will be ignored`.
Closes #12028.
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Signed-off-by: C. Spencer Beggs <spencer@beggs.codes>
Signed-off-by: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>
Co-authored-by: Zoltan Kochan <z@kochan.io>
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