fix: prefer locked pnpm

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Problem

With a range in devEngines.packageManager and onFail: "download", setup can download the newest matching pnpm while pnpm switches to the compatible version recorded in pnpm-lock.yaml. The action then fails its version check even though the locked version satisfies the range.

Workspace members also need the root package-manager declaration and the correct shared or per-project lockfile.

Changes

• Prefer a compatible locked pnpm version when the manifest declares a range. Follow pnpm's range rules, including prereleases and changed recorded specifiers.
• Resolve the root manifest for included workspace members, respecting package patterns, exclusions, nested workspaces, and the checkout boundary.
• Select the member's lockfile when workspace YAML sets sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false; otherwise use the shared root lockfile.
• Verify the downloaded binary with --config.pm-on-fail=ignore, scoped to that command, so project settings cannot switch the binary during the sanity check.
• Defer default cache-path discovery until pnpm is installed, then ask that binary which lockfile applies. Verification caching remains enabled with cache: false, including when install: false.
• Preserve exact-version and tag behavior, explicit cache-path precedence, and standalone or excluded project selection.

The branch contains two commits: ad02c2c for source, tests, and documentation; 3b9324f for the rebuilt action bundle.

Review findings addressed

CodeRabbit identified that an inherited root manifest does not necessarily imply a shared root lockfile. Version selection now keeps those decisions separate. Regression coverage checks a member pin differing from the root and a missing member lockfile.

Greptile identified that disabling store caching must not disable verification caching. Cache restoration now discovers the applicable lockfile independently of the store-cache setting. Input parsing no longer reads workspace YAML merely to calculate an unused cache path.

Validation

• All 77 automated tests pass, including the cache-disabled, malformed-workspace, shared/per-project lockfile, and version-selection regressions.
• TypeScript and bundle syntax checks pass. Published files were compared with the validated local tree.
• Workspace membership was previously compared against pnpm 12.8.1 across 28 pattern and exclusion cases.
• srcery.sh#1278 passed its compilation workflow and srcery-vscode#78 passed CI using this fork branch before the latest review fixes. These validate the original range-selection fix; the latest changes are covered by the local regression suite.

Limitations and follow-up work

Before downloading pnpm, version selection reads sharedWorkspaceLockfile from workspace YAML. It does not resolve the full effective pnpm configuration, including overrides from other configuration sources. An override can therefore make initial version selection inspect a different lockfile from the one pnpm ultimately uses. Cache-path discovery runs after installation and asks pnpm directly.

A follow-up could download a provisional matching pnpm, ask it which lockfile applies with version switching disabled, then install the compatible locked version if different. That avoids duplicating configuration precedence, but may require a second download. Validate configuration overrides and their precedence against supported pnpm releases before choosing that approach.

Custom lockfile locations and workspace roots outside the checkout remain outside the new pre-download version-selection support.

Fixes #34
Fixes #45

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • When no pnpm version is explicitly specified and the project declares a version range, setup can use a compatible version recorded in the applicable lockfile, including prereleases.
  • Workspace members use the workspace’s shared lockfile by default for version selection and dependency caching. Standalone projects and per-project installs use their own lockfile.
  • Explicit version and cache-path settings continue to take precedence.
• Documentation
  • Clarified workspace behavior, version selection, and how explicitly configured cache paths are resolved.

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Walkthrough

The action now uses workspace manifests and lockfiles to select pnpm versions and default cache paths. When no version is specified, it uses a lockfile version that satisfies the manifest range. The README and action input descriptions document the updated behavior.

Changes

Workspace-aware setup

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workspace manifest and cache-path resolution src/install-pnpm/project.ts, src/install-pnpm/project.test.mjs, src/inputs/index.ts, src/pnpm-commands.test.mjs, action.yml, README.md	Workspace members can use the workspace root manifest and shared lockfile, subject to package patterns and exclusions. The default cache path uses the shared workspace lockfile unless shared lockfiles are disabled. Tests and documentation cover these rules and the standalone and per-project fallbacks.
Locked pnpm version selection and installation src/install-pnpm/locked-version.ts, src/install-pnpm/locked-version.test.mjs, src/install-pnpm/run.ts, src/install-pnpm/run.test.mjs, package.json, README.md	When no version is explicit, the action uses the lockfile’s pnpm version if it satisfies the manifest range; otherwise, it uses the target spec. Tests cover range matching, workspace selection, fallbacks, and version-check arguments. The test script includes the new install-pnpm tests. The README documents version selection and precedence.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant runSelfInstaller
  participant packageManagerManifest
  participant readLockedPnpmVersion
  participant resolvePnpm
  participant pnpmBinary
  runSelfInstaller->>packageManagerManifest: Select workspace manifest when no version is explicit
  runSelfInstaller->>readLockedPnpmVersion: Check locked version against manifest range
  readLockedPnpmVersion-->>runSelfInstaller: Return satisfying version or undefined
  runSelfInstaller->>resolvePnpm: Resolve locked version or target spec
  runSelfInstaller->>pnpmBinary: Run --version with --config.pm-on-fail=ignore

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 96e32

Per-project workspace installs may use a different pnpm version than their lockfile specifies. Align version lookup with the selected member lockfile before merging.

Architecture Summary

Architecture risk: 🟡 Medium · up to 96e32

The change affects 4 systems.

Changed systems: src, action.yml, package.json, README.md

Architecture concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Review details

Systems and components

• observed — src (service) was modified; 8 changed files map to changed impact.
• observed — action.yml (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — package.json (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.
• observed — README.md (service) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in README.md: The cache-lockfile default now uses the shared workspace lockfile for workspace members and the project lockfile otherwise. The working-directory description now assigns package-manager selection and shared-lockfile caching to the workspace root for members.
• observed — Modified behavior in README.md: New documentation specifies that, when version is omitted and the manifest gives a range, setup uses the lockfile’s recorded pnpm version if it satisfies that range, including prereleases and without requiring the recorded specifier to match. For workspace members, it describes locating the nearest in-checkout workspace, applying package patterns and exclusions, and reading the root manifest and lockfile; excluded projects use their own files. Explicit version retains precedence, and custom lockfile locations or workspace roots outside the checkout retain existing selection behavior. Frozen installs still validate the lockfile against the manifest through pnpm.
• observed — Modified behavior in README.md: The documentation now says an explicit cache-dependency-path remains repository-root-relative and that its default follows the shared workspace lockfile or the project’s own lockfile for standalone and per-project installs.
• observed — Modified behavior in action.yml: The cache-dependency-path description replaces the working-directory lockfile default with a shared workspace lockfile for workspace members, or the lockfile inside working-directory for standalone and per-project installs.

Reliability and maintainability

• inferred — Risk-relevant change factors for src: blast_radius_1; blast_radius_2; blast_radius_3; blast_radius_4; direct_dependents_1

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 38.46% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 13 functions across 8 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	For #34, readLockedPnpmVersion selects the lockfile version when it satisfies the requested range. runSelfInstaller uses that version for setup, which avoids selecting a newer registry version whe…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The workspace manifest and lockfile resolution, default cache path, documentation, and tests support the linked version-selection and working-directory issues [#34, #45]. The reviewed summary shows no…
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly summarizes the main change: preferring the pnpm version recorded in the lockfile when it satisfies the requested range.

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[High risk] Changes how pnpm version selection and lockfile discovery work.

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Review comments at @src/install-pnpm/locked-version.ts:
- Line 16: Update readLockedPnpmVersion to accept an optional lockfile path and
read from it, retaining the current directory-based path as the default. In
runSelfInstaller, use the original member manifest and defaultLockfilePath to
pass that member’s selected lockfile separately, so sharedWorkspaceLockfile:
false does not cause the root lockfile to determine the pnpm version.

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src/pnpm-commands.test.mjs (1)

128-128: 🎯 Functional Correctness

The cleanup concern is refuted. The beforeEach hook registers t.after to restore the environment snapshot after each test, so the explicit path set by this test does not leak into the following test.

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