doc: mention `corepack prepare` supports dist-tag #44646

mrienstra · 2022-09-15T02:48:48Z

corepack prepare yarn@latest --activate is a useful alternative to corepack prepare yarn@x.y.z --activate, added in Corepack v0.120.

Latest pnpm docs (1, 2) mention this option, seems like Node.js Corepack docs should too!

With Node.js v16.17 or newer, you may install the latest version of pnpm by just specifying the tag:
corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate

Oh, hmm, Node.js v18.6.0 is the oldest version with corepack >= 0.12.0, is that worth mentioning?

(For v16: v16.17.0 is the oldest version with corepack >= 0.12.0)

I can see this that:

<div class="api_metadata">
  <span>Added in: v16.9.0, v14.19.0</span>
</div>

is being added with:

<!-- YAML
added:
  - v16.9.0
  - v14.19.0
-->

Not sure if that can also be used further down to show when dist-tag support was added...

Double oh, I thought I was somehow specifically editing the v18 version of the docs, but now I'm not sure how that works. docs/latest-v16.x/api/corepack & docs/latest-v18.x/api/corepack are identical, and "Options" --> "Edit on GitHub" leads to the same place for both versions.

Ah, OK, I see:
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v18.x/doc/api/corepack.md
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v16.x/doc/api/corepack.md
https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v14.x/doc/api/corepack.md (includes "simply", v18 & v16 do not)

Anyhoo, advice on how best to show when dist-tag support was added would be welcome.

`corepack prepare yarn@latest --activate` is a useful alternative to `corepack prepare yarn@x.y.z --activate`

mrienstra · 2022-09-15T06:01:10Z

Note to self: read doc/contributing/pull-requests.md#commit-message-guidelines more carefully next time. 🤦

aduh95

LGTM modulo the linter failure.

doc/api/corepack.md

merceyz · 2022-09-15T09:32:13Z

doc/api/corepack.md

+Alternately, a [`dist-tag`](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-packages-locally#installing-a-package-with-dist-tags) may be used:
+
+```bash
+corepack prepare yarn@latest --activate


Suggested change

corepack prepare yarn@latest --activate

corepack prepare yarn@stable --activate

@latest is not a valid tag for yarn.

What do you mean? @latest is always a valid tag on npm (it cannot be deleted).

Yarn Berry is not on npm:

$ corepack prepare yarn@latest (node:96490) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead. (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created) Usage Error: Tag not found (latest) $ corepack prepare yarn@stable (node:96513) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead. (Use `node --trace-deprecation ...` to show where the warning was created) Preparing yarn@stable...

In that case, it would be confusing to point to the npmjs documentation about dist-tags, no?

Yeah, using a link is probably not necessary. And maybe better not to use Yarn in the example since it's the odd one out?

We can also have several examples, e.g.:

```bash corepack prepare pnpm@latest --activate corepack prepare yarn@stable --activate ```

@aduh95, I like that ("several examples"), just pushed a commit to change it to that.

FYI, when I run prepare with yarn stable & latest (node v18.9.0, corepack 0.14.0, starting with Yarn 3.2.3), I get:
corepack prepare yarn@stable --activate --> Preparing yarn@stable for immediate activation..., still on Yarn 3.2.3 after.
corepack prepare yarn@latest --activate --> Usage Error: Tag not found (latest), still on Yarn 3.2.3 after (of course).

Changed it to say "a tag or range may be used" instead of "a dist-tag may be used", since dist-tag is rarely specified in docs for npm, Yarn or pnpm. I think I was being too specific / low-level. Dropped the link as well.

Tempted to link to https://github.com/npm/node-semver#ranges, that's where /cli/v8/configuring-npm/package-json#dependencies links to.

There aren't any really great high-level docs for tags. /cli/v8/configuring-npm/package-json#dependencies links to /cli/v8/commands/npm-dist-tag, which isn't ideal (focused on modification, not usage), though I guess /cli/v8/commands/npm-dist-tag#purpose is nice. Considering expanding /downloading-and-installing-packages-locally#installing-a-package-with-dist-tags, maybe pulling some content from /cli/v8/commands/npm-dist-tag#purpose. Maybe I'll open an issue for that next week.

Tempted to link to https://github.com/npm/node-semver#ranges, that's where /cli/v8/configuring-npm/package-json#dependencies links to.

npm being one of the package managers, I think linking to SemVer rather than to npm would be preferable to not give a competitive adventage to one rather the others.

@aduh95, I'll be out until Monday, feel free to link out to docs for tag and / or range if you think that would be helpful.

Still a little tempted to clarify when Corepack added support for using a tag or range (Corepack v0.120, which shipped with Node.js v18.6.0 and v16.17.0), but not sure if that should be formatted in a special way.

Sorted reference links using this pattern: `/^\[[^\w]*(.+?)\]: /`

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	corepack prepare yarn@latest --activate
	corepack prepare yarn@stable --activate

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doc: mention `corepack prepare` supports dist-tag #44646

doc: mention `corepack prepare` supports dist-tag #44646

PR-URL: #44646
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com
Reviewed-By: Akhil Marsonya akhil.marsonya27@gmail.com

PR-URL: #44646
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Reviewed-By: Akhil Marsonya akhil.marsonya27@gmail.com

PR-URL: #44646
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PR-URL: #44646
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