fix(arborist): Add better error message when lockfile is malformed #8268
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| @@ -200,6 +200,13 @@ module.exports = cls => class VirtualLoader extends cls { | |||
| const targetPath = resolve(this.path, meta.resolved) | |||
| const targetLoc = relpath(this.path, targetPath) | |||
| const target = nodes.get(targetLoc) | |||
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| if (!target) { | |||
| const err = new Error(`Missing target in lock file: "${targetLoc}" is referenced by "${location}" but does not exist.\nThis is likely due to a damaged lock file. Remove the entry for "${location}" from your lock file and run npm install again.`) | |||
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Typically we don't suggest folks editing their lockfile manually. Is there a better programmatic way to fix this?
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@wraithgar fair point! I updated it. See what you think 😄
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| const err = new Error( | ||
| `Missing target in lock file: "${targetLoc}" is referenced by "${location}" but does not exist. | ||
| To fix: | ||
| 1. rm -rf node_modules |
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Is this overkill? Having node_modules will make this go much faster and keep churn down on the lockfile.
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Overrides #6997 with a more standard way of expressing errors in the cli and has a test for it.