ignite: ignite-cli does not play well with symlinks

Linked npm packages are not available as boilerplate

You can try this by using a npm linked package or even by replacing the ignite-{yourBoilerplateName} folder by a symlink.

Create a boilerplate plugin, link it then try to ignite a new app with that boilerplate

#Linking result
/home/libre/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.1/lib/node_modules/ignite-AutoRnApp -> 
/home/libre/dev/AutoRnApp/ignite/plugins/ignite-AutoRnApp

# Then ignite the app
libre@libre:~/dev$ ignite new BoilerTest -b ignite-AutoRnApp #Also tried without "ignite-" prefix

🔥 igniting app BoilerTest
✖ ignite-AutoRnApp is not available on npm.

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  We also searched in these directories:

libre@libre:~/dev$ ignite doctor
System
  platform           linux                                                                 
  arch               x64                                                                   
  cpu                4 cores           Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz  
  directory          /home/libre/dev                                                       

JavaScript
  node               8.2.1        /home/libre/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.1/bin/node  
  npm                5.3.0        /home/libre/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.1/bin/npm   
  yarn               0.27.5       /home/libre/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.1/bin/yarn  

React Native
  react-native-cli   2.0.1       

Ignite
  ignite             2.0.0        /home/libre/.nvm/versions/node/v8.2.1/bin/ignite  

Android
  java               1.8.0_131    /usr/bin/java            
  android home       -            /home/libre/Android/Sdk

About this issue

Original URL
State: closed
Created 7 years ago
Comments: 16 (7 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

Just tested this with master and it’s working great, a huge improvement for plugin authors. Thanks again.

ruddell on Aug 15, 2017

ok, PR is in to fs-jetpack. He’s cutting a new version. Next step is for me to bump that dependency version on https://github.com/infinitered/gluegun .

Then we’ll be set to bask in glorious symlinks my friends.

(unlikely to get to this until the weekend tho)

skellock on Aug 10, 2017

Alright, hopefully https://github.com/szwacz/fs-jetpack/pull/55 will be accepted. Then we can add this.

I tested this workflow locally and it seems to be what we need. 🎉

skellock on Aug 8, 2017