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## Quickstart guide
run
```bash
./scripts/setup-linking.sh
```
Read the script output:
```
Setup complete.
Update: .links.cjs to your liking
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Run: 'rm links.cjs' & 'git config --local core.hooksPath ""' to fully revert what this script did
```
# Developing with linked packages
If you want to make changes to a package that Element Call depends on and see those changes applied in real time, you can create a link to a local copy of the package. `pnpm` has a command for this (`pnpm link`), but it's not recommended to use it as it ends up modifying package.json with details specific to your development environment.
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```bash
git config --local core.hooksPath .githooks
```
This will add the hook path for this repository only to .gihooks. which is a tracked (by git) folder containing the pre-commit hook.
## Background
Information, why this approach is used can be found in the [linking concept reasoning](./linking_concept_reasoning.md) document.

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### Why do we not enable .pnpmfile.cjs by default
Background: The presence of the `.pnpmfile.cjs` adds a field to the `pnpm-lock.yaml` called: `pnpmfileChecksum`. This field is a checksum of the content of the `.pnpmfile.cjs` file.
`pnpm install --frozen-lockfile` **fails** if there is a `.pnpmfile.cjs` but no `pnpmfileChecksum` or vice versa (or on mismatch).
_TLDR: running with `--ignore-pnpmfile` will fail if `pnpmfileChecksum` is present._
#### `pnpmfileChecksum` + renovate bot
When the renovate bot creates a PR it runs `pnpm install --ignore-pnpmfile`. This means that the `pnpmfileChecksum` in the lockfile will be **empty**.
This breaks builds that **don't** ignore the `.pnpmfile.cjs`-file. (CI that runs on the renovate PR)
From here we have two possible paths:
- ignore `.pnpmfile.cjs` in all CI builds CI will also fail if we accidently add it locally.
- fixup the `pnpm-lock.yaml` in the renovate PR to contain the correct `pnpmfileChecksum`.
Ignoring in all CI builds means that CI will always fail if we enable the linking system.
This is annoying but can be worked around with the git hook we provide that at least lets us know that we are
commiting with enabled linking.
Only if we remember setting it back/disbale linking (or let ourselves remember by the git hook) the CI will work.
#### Summary
- We will always run into conflicts with the `pnpmfileChecksum` because in renovate prs it will be empty (`--ignore-pnpmfile`)
- To keep it simple we set `--ignore-pnpmfile` in all of ours CI to see issues immediately.
- The only solution is to never have a `.pnpmfile.cjs` in the repository when pushing.
- This way there will never be a commit with `pnpmfileChecksum` in the lockfile.
- renovate (which uses `--ignore-pnpmfile` which we cannot disable) and other CI will work
- We are able to use the linking system locally if we `cp` this file from the scripts folder into `./` on demand.
- `pnpm links:on` and `pnpm links:off` + `./scripts/setup-linking.sh` will help us with this.
- ignore `.pnpmfile.cjs` in all CI builds CI will also fail if we accidently add it locally.
- fixup the `pnpm-lock.yaml` in the renovate PR to contain the correct `pnpmfileChecksum`.
Ignoring in all CI builds means that CI will always fail if we enable the linking system.
This is annoying but can be worked around with the git hook we provide that at least lets us know that we are
commiting with enabled linking.
Only if we remember setting it back/disbale linking (or let ourselves remember by the git hook) the CI will work.
#### Summary
- We will always run into conflicts with the `pnpmfileChecksum` because in renovate prs it will be empty (`--ignore-pnpmfile`)
- To keep it simple we set `--ignore-pnpmfile` in all of ours CI to see issues immediately.
- The only solution is to never have a `.pnpmfile.cjs` in the repository when pushing.
- This way there will never be a commit with `pnpmfileChecksum` in the lockfile.
- renovate (which uses `--ignore-pnpmfile` which we cannot disable) and other CI will work
- We are able to use the linking system locally if we `cp` this file from the scripts folder into `./` on demand.
- `pnpm links:on` and `pnpm links:off` + `./scripts/setup-linking.sh` will help us with this.