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How to pass arbitrary argument with pnpm

With npm, you can pass random arguments like this:

  npm run build --foo="bar"

You can then access foo value this way:

   process.env.npm_config_foo

Is it possible to do the same with pnpm? I looked in their docs but couldn't find anything on that. I tried something like this but getting unknown flag error

   pnpm build --foo=bar
Solution

  • I am not sure why it throws an error. Sounds like a bug. However, this will work:

    pnpm run build --foo=bar

    But it will not create the npm_config_foo env variable. It will just append the option to the executed script. So if your build script is webpack, then pnpm will run:

    webpack --foo=bar

    So, it is basically like running npm run build -- --foo=bar. Or like running yarn build --foo=bar

    You can read about this also in the pnpm docs: https://pnpm.io/cli/run#options