How to run something like pnpm install --recursive <monorepo-package>

[zachkirsch]

I have a monorepo where one of the packages is server. Also relevant, server depends on other monorepo packages, e.g. shared.

My current dockerfile is something like:

COPY . .
RUN pnpm install

Is there a way to just install the dependencies for the server package (and the other monorepo packages that it depends on)?

I tried pnpm --filter=server install and pnpm --filter=server --recursive install. That installs dependencies for server, but it doesn't install dependencies for the other monorepo packages that server depends on (e.g. shared).

[xty]

Is there a way to just install the dependencies for the server package (and the other monorepo packages that it depends on)?

pnpm --filter server... install might be what you're looking for. Just append an ellipsis (...) to the package name.

Also, you can read more about filtering here in the docs. The selector syntax is actually quite powerful.

[zachkirsch]

Wow TIL, thanks!!