react native in workspace

[hemedani]

pnpm version:

➜ pnpm --version
4.9.3

Code to reproduce the issue:

pnpx react-native run-ios

Expected behavior:

run react native project

Actual behavior:

error for finding metro modules :

warn Package react-native has been ignored because it contains invalid configuration. Reason: Cannot find module 'lodash'
Require stack:
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/3.2.0/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/build/config/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/3.2.0/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli-platform-ios/build/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/react-native/0.61.5_react-native@0.61.5+react@16.9.0/node_modules/react-native/react-native.config.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/import-fresh/2.0.0/node_modules/import-fresh/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/cosmiconfig/5.2.1/node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/loaders.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/cosmiconfig/5.2.1/node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/createExplorer.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/cosmiconfig/5.2.1/node_modules/cosmiconfig/dist/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli/3.2.0_react-native@0.61.5/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/tools/config/readConfigFromDisk.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli/3.2.0_react-native@0.61.5/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/tools/config/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli/3.2.0_react-native@0.61.5/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/commands/install/install.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli/3.2.0_react-native@0.61.5/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/commands/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/@react-native-community/cli/3.2.0_react-native@0.61.5/node_modules/@react-native-community/cli/build/index.js
- /Users/syd/work/sitak/satekPnpm/node_modules/.pnpm/registry.npmjs.org/react-native/0.61.5_react-native@0.61.5+react@16.9.0/node_modules/react-native/cli.js
error Unrecognized command "run-ios".
info Run "react-native --help" to see a list of all available commands.

Additional information:

this repo it's an example of that error

• node -v prints:

➜ node -v
v13.8.0

• Windows, OS X, or Linux?: OS X

[zkochan]

React Native currently doesn't work with pnpm because it has issues with symlinks. As far as I know, @jkolyer is investigating it.

The problem with react-native is actually due to cocoapods. Apparently the symbolic links are not supported well and the XCode setup is broken. Looking at a workaround.

I fixed the cocoapods issue with a fork of somebody else's fork. But metro does not play well with pnpm so that's the next rabbit hole.

[hemedani]

we can run react native with some dirty tricks but it's has a lot's of problems ...
any way thank's for awesome project.

[zkochan]

Could you share those dirty tricks? We could document them in our docs

[davidcallanan]

I'll forever miss pnpm when working with react native 😢

[adelarsq]

@zkochan Can this issue be reopened as unsolved?

[zkochan]

On our side, there is nothing we can currently do to make React Native work with pnpm. React Native doesn't work with a node_modules that contains symlinks. pnpm cannot create a node_modules w/o symlinks. So this should be solved on the React Native side.

[adelarsq]

@zkochan Thanks for the quick feedback.

[ShivamJoker]

I also tried it and it didn't work :( still

[zkochan]

@vjpr said he used React native with no issues. Related issue: #1252

[karlhorky]

More users talking about using pnpm with React Native and workspaces (if I understand correctly, following pnpm symlinks is supported in workspaces, without workarounds like node-linker=hoisted 🙌):

• Experimental symlink support not working for PNPM Monorepo facebook/metro#1042

If you're using Expo, you're still going to have problems with pnpm directory structure (even if you use a setup that works for RN / Metro):

• [bug] - Pnpm not working with expo #4286 (comment)