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Zoltan Kochan b3eee14a96 docs(cli): correct the command reference from access to init (#17247)
Part of pnpm/tasks#191.

Wrong claims, fixed on the v12 page and on the v11 twin where it had
the same text:
- audit: `--interactive` implies `--fix=override`; `info` is a valid
  audit level.
- change check validates the pending intents.
- deploy copies the publish packlist unless `deployAllFiles` is set.
- deprecate: an empty message fails, use `pnpm undeprecate`.
- deprecate, dist-tag: only `--otp` supplies the one-time password.
- dist-tag add defaults to `latest`, not the `tag` setting.
- docs takes exactly one package.
- env: there is no `add` subcommand, and `list` queries the Node.js
  mirror only.
- v12 only: clean no longer says it uses Node.js, add no longer
  presents `-w` as an alias, the deploy package-manager-pin history
  is no longer contradictory, doctor sample shows store v11.

Missing facts:
- add: `--save-prefix`, `--save-build`, `--no-save-peer`,
  `--no-save-types`, `--lockfile-only`, `--force`; where Yarn vs npm
  and Bun pins go; catalog and configDependencies links.
- access status shorthands; approve-builds error codes, the
  placeholder value and the immediate rebuild; audit exit code,
  `--optional`, `--production`, and how to make `--ignore` write
  `audit.ignore`; `--ignore` exits with code 0 and
  `--ignore-unfixable` fails on an advisory without a GHSA ID.
- bugs and docs `--registry`; ci accepts install options;
  clean script override and modulesDir; config `--location` type and
  `get` output; create name mapping, `--shell-mode`, `--cpu`, `--os`,
  `--libc`; dedupe flags; deploy error codes and Dockerfile WORKDIR;
  dist-tag aliases and web OTP; env `--global` requirement; exec
  recursive options and PNPM_PACKAGE_NAME; fetch `--ignore-pnpmfile`,
  lockfile requirement, optional pnpmfile in the Dockerfiles.
- usage, examples, and output for bin, cache, cache list, cache
  delete (with the no-argument warning), cache view, cat-file,
  cat-index, find-hash, ignored-builds, import, and init
  (`initPackageManager`, `initType`, ERR_PNPM_PACKAGE_JSON_EXISTS).

Stale history on v12 pages: removed "Added in" markers for v10 and
v11 and rewrote "Since v11..." passages as current behavior in
access, add, approve-builds, audit, bugs, cache-list-registries,
cache-path, cache-prune, change, ci, config, create, deploy,
deprecate, dist-tag, docs, doctor, help, ignored-builds, and init.

Review follow-up: cat-file now says it rejects the hex digest that
cat-index prints; the settings index links initPackageManager and
initType; `change check` says it plans the release without reporting
it (both versions); `pnpm bin` follows a custom modulesDir.
2026-10-23 00:49:08 +02:00

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cache-path pnpm cache path

Prints the directory pnpm uses for its metadata cache, mirroring pnpm store path. The path is printed absolute and lexically cleaned, so a relative cacheDir yields a path other tools can consume.

pnpm cache path

pnpm derives this directory from the platform and the cacheDir setting, so a CI setup that wants to cache it does not have to mirror that resolution by hand:

- name: Get the cache directory
  run: echo "PNPM_CACHE_DIR=$(pnpm cache path)" >> $GITHUB_ENV

Besides registry metadata and the pnpm dlx cache, that directory holds the lockfile verification log: the record of which lockfile passed which supply-chain policies. Restoring it lets a job skip re-verifying a lockfile the log already covers under the policies currently configured. That check is the dominant cost of an install in CI once the store is warm. pnpm store prune keeps that log.

:::important

Only cache this directory in locations writable by trusted jobs. See the cacheDir setting for details.

:::