* feat(pacquet): port workspace: protocol resolution and publish-time rewrite
Ports the `workspace:` family of bare specifiers end-to-end:
- `pacquet-workspace-spec` (new) ports `workspace/spec-parser`'s
`WorkspaceSpec` parser + `toString`.
- `pacquet-workspace-range-resolver` (new) ports
`workspace/range-resolver`'s `resolveWorkspaceRange` — `*`/`^`/`~`/`""`
pick the highest version with prereleases included; other inputs
follow standard semver range rules.
- `pacquet-resolving-npm-resolver` grows two helpers from the upstream
npm-resolver: `workspace_pref_to_npm` (port of `workspacePrefToNpm.ts`)
and `try_resolve_from_workspace` (port of `tryResolveFromWorkspace` +
`tryResolveFromWorkspacePackages` + `pickMatchingLocalVersionOrNull` +
`resolveFromLocalPackage`). `NpmResolver::resolve_impl` now intercepts
`workspace:` specs before the npm pick, deferring `workspace:./` /
`workspace:../` to the local resolver. Emits `link:` / `file:`
(injected) lockfile resolutions, with the matching
`WORKSPACE_PKG_NOT_FOUND` / `NO_MATCHING_VERSION_INSIDE_WORKSPACE`
/ `CANNOT_RESOLVE_WORKSPACE_PROTOCOL` error codes preserved.
- `pacquet-exportable-manifest` (new) ports the publish-time
`replaceWorkspaceProtocol` and `replaceWorkspaceProtocolPeerDependency`
helpers from `releasing/exportable-manifest`. The full
`createExportableManifest` (catalog rewrite, jsr rewrite, pre-pack
hooks, publishConfig overrides) lands as pacquet ports the surrounding
commands.
- `Install::run` builds a workspace-packages map via
`find_workspace_projects` when a `pnpm-workspace.yaml` is present and
threads it through `ResolveOptions::workspace_packages` so the
resolver chain can satisfy `workspace:` specs from local projects in
the no-lockfile install path.
Test ports:
- `workspace/spec-parser/test/workspace-spec.test.ts`
- `workspace/range-resolver/test/index.test.ts`
- `resolving/npm-resolver/test/workspacePrefToNpm.test.ts`
- `releasing/exportable-manifest/test/index.test.ts` (workspace cases)
- plus new unit tests for `try_resolve_from_workspace` covering
`WORKSPACE_PKG_NOT_FOUND`, `NO_MATCHING_VERSION_INSIDE_WORKSPACE`,
the inject branch, and the `publishConfig.directory` /
`linkDirectory` handling.
Frozen-lockfile installs already record `link:` entries directly; the
new resolution path matters for the no-lockfile install path.
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Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-4-7).
* fix(pacquet): dylint + doc-link nits in workspace-protocol port
- Rename single-letter params (perfectionist::single-letter-*).
- Add trailing commas in multi-line macro invocations.
- Avoid the ambiguous `crate::parse_bare_specifier` doc link and the
cross-crate `pacquet_workspace_spec::WorkspaceSpec` /
`pacquet_workspace_range_resolver::resolve_workspace_range` doc
links (the crates don't have a Cargo dependency on each other, so
rustdoc can't resolve them).
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Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-4-7).
* fix(pacquet): address coderabbit review comments
- replace_workspace_protocol_peer_dependency: use replacen("workspace:", "", 1)
so compound peer specs match upstream JS String.replace's first-only
semantics; locked with a new test
peer_workspace_strip_only_removes_first_occurrence.
- npm-resolver module docs: drop the stale "workspace: returns
Ok(None)" bullet and explain that non-path workspace specs now route
through try_resolve_from_workspace while path-relative forms still
fall through to the local resolver.
The third coderabbit nit (read_workspace_manifest error swallowing in
install.rs) was already addressed by the rebase: the workspace manifest
is now read once at the top of Install::run with proper error
propagation, and build_workspace_packages_map takes the pre-loaded
Option<&WorkspaceManifest> instead of re-reading the file.
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Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-4-7).
* fix(pacquet/resolving-npm-resolver): surface WorkspacePkgNotFound.hint
Upstream pnpm's WORKSPACE_PKG_NOT_FOUND error carries a 'hint' field
that PnpmError prints as guidance after the message ('Packages found in
the workspace: ...'). The Rust port was populating the field but the
miette diagnostic didn't reference it, so the help text never reached
the user. Add help("{hint}") to the diagnostic attribute so miette
renders it under the message — matching pnpm's output verbatim.
---
Written by an agent (Claude Code, claude-opus-4-7).
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