Feature request: corepack exec

[v1nc3n4]

Hi,

This feature request is not exactly the same than the one mentioned in #57. As introduced in the docs here, command corepack <binary name>[@<version>] [... args] allows to execute a package manager of our choice with custom arguments. This command checks whether the local project is configured for the given package manager.

I personnally would be interested with a command such as corepack exec [... args] (exec may not be the most relevant term however), that would take the exact release set in the packageManager property. I guess it is possible because in the command above, I assume corepack parses property packageManager in the package.json file to verify consistency with <binary name>. Thus, I could run a command of the package manager whatever it is, and without repeating the binary name. This may be useful in writing plugins/extensions for build tools such as Maven, Gradle, acting as a bridge to launch npm/pnpm/yarn commands, without having to parse the package.json file and discover the package manager.

Thanks in advance for your comments. BR

[styfle]

Can you give an example of what you might exec?

Are you thinking something like corepack exec run build which would then execute npm run build / yarn run build?

Or are you thinking corepack exec install to execute npm install / yarn install?

I'm not sure how this is different then https://github.com/nodejs/corepack/issues/57#issuecomment-920311561

[v1nc3n4]

Issue #57 deals explicitly with <packageManager> run commands, and having the package manager automatically added in the PATH for recursion. I didn't want to pollute the original request.

Both examples you introduced corepack exec run build and corepack exec install are typical UC I'm interested in. I don't see the subtleness for corepack itself between the 2 examples, Am I missing something?

My UC: I'm working on this Gradle plugin, that allows integrating a build of a Node.js-based project into a Gradle build. Actually, if the plugin needs to run a command of the selected package manager (I mean the one defined in the package.json file), it must repeat the binary name with corepack <binary name>[@<version>] [... args]. This is just redundant and it requires some additional work whereas corepack knows the selected package manager. That's why I'd like such shortcut.

Does it make sense?