Compatibility with rush monorepo

[nickiaconis]

I'm attempting to resolve the warning that caniuse-lite is out of date in a monorepo managed with rush. I'm using the command pnpm dlx update-browserslist-db@latest since I'm using pnpm. Individual packages are defined by repo_root/packages/package_name/package.json. The lockfile is global in rush managed monorepos though; it lives at repo_root/common/config/rush/pnpm-lock.yaml.

When I attempt to run the update command in one of the package's directory (e.g. repo_root/packages/package_A), I receive the following error stating no lockfile can be found:

pnpm dlx update-browserslist-db@latest
.../Library/pnpm/store/v3/tmp/dlx-67755 | +3 +
.../Library/pnpm/store/v3/tmp/dlx-67755 | Progress: resolved 3, reused 2, downloaded 1, added 3, done
 WARN  Issues with peer dependencies found
.
└─┬ update-browserslist-db 1.0.11
└── ✕ missing peer browserslist@">= 4.21.0"
Peer dependencies that should be installed:
browserslist@">= 4.21.0"
update-browserslist-db: No lockfile found. Run "npm install", "yarn install" or "pnpm install"

 ERROR  Command failed with exit code 1: /Users/niaconis/Library/pnpm/store/v3/tmp/dlx-67755/node_modules/.bin/update-browserslist-db

When I attempt to run the update command in the location of the lockfile (or in the repository root), I receive the following error stating package.json can't be found:

pnpm dlx update-browserslist-db@latest
../Library/pnpm/store/v3/tmp/dlx-72074 | +3 +
 WARN  Issues with peer dependencies found
.
└─┬ update-browserslist-db 1.0.11
└── ✕ missing peer browserslist@">= 4.21.0"
Peer dependencies that should be installed:
browserslist@">= 4.21.0"

../Library/pnpm/store/v3/tmp/dlx-72074 | Progress: resolved 3, reused 3, downloaded 0, added 3, done
update-browserslist-db: Cannot find package.json. Is this the right directory to run npx update-browserslist-db in?
 ERROR  Command failed with exit code 1: /Users/niaconis/Library/pnpm/store/v3/tmp/dlx-72074/node_modules/.bin/update-browserslist-db

How does one run update-browserslist-db in a monorepo environment where package.json and pnpm-lock.yaml are stored in different locations?

[ai]

You don’t really need this tool for pnpm since pnpm has a great internal dependencies update tool. Just call in the root:

pnpm update caniuse-lite -r

[ai]

If you know how to improve our lick file detector, please send PR