From 23df96d3394ba0b69a37f416d7f0c26bb9354975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nlf <quitlahok@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:12:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(link): already linked packages w/ global prefix

correctly identify already linked packages when global prefix is a symlink

PR-URL: https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/2486
Credit: @nlf
Close: #2486
Reviewed-by: @wraithgar
---
 lib/link.js                                |  3 ++
 tap-snapshots/test-lib-link.js-TAP.test.js |  5 ++
 test/lib/link.js                           | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/link.js b/lib/link.js
index f7e13369c86a2..84f36ada66201 100644
--- a/lib/link.js
+++ b/lib/link.js
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ const link = async args => {
 // Returns a list of items that can't be fulfilled by
 // things found in the current arborist inventory
 const missingArgsFromTree = (tree, args) => {
+  if (tree.isLink)
+    return missingArgsFromTree(tree.target, args)
+
   const foundNodes = []
   const missing = args.filter(a => {
     const arg = npa(a)
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test-lib-link.js-TAP.test.js b/tap-snapshots/test-lib-link.js-TAP.test.js
index de7f483b60de8..ab1d5c6b830fb 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test-lib-link.js-TAP.test.js
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test-lib-link.js-TAP.test.js
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ exports[`test/lib/link.js TAP link pkg already in global space > should create a
 
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/link.js TAP link pkg already in global space when prefix is a symlink > should create a local symlink to global pkg 1`] = `
+{CWD}/test/lib/link-link-pkg-already-in-global-space-when-prefix-is-a-symlink/my-project/node_modules/@myscope/linked -> {CWD}/test/lib/link-link-pkg-already-in-global-space-when-prefix-is-a-symlink/scoped-linked
+
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/link.js TAP link to globalDir when in current working dir of pkg and no args > should create a global link to current pkg 1`] = `
 {CWD}/test/lib/link-link-to-globalDir-when-in-current-working-dir-of-pkg-and-no-args/global-prefix/lib/node_modules/test-pkg-link -> {CWD}/test/lib/link-link-to-globalDir-when-in-current-working-dir-of-pkg-and-no-args/test-pkg-link
 
diff --git a/test/lib/link.js b/test/lib/link.js
index a478259f7b409..c39026a49163f 100644
--- a/test/lib/link.js
+++ b/test/lib/link.js
@@ -259,6 +259,64 @@ t.test('link pkg already in global space', (t) => {
   })
 })
 
+t.test('link pkg already in global space when prefix is a symlink', (t) => {
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const testdir = t.testdir({
+    'global-prefix': t.fixture('symlink', './real-global-prefix'),
+    'real-global-prefix': {
+      lib: {
+        node_modules: {
+          '@myscope': {
+            linked: t.fixture('symlink', '../../../../scoped-linked'),
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    },
+    'scoped-linked': {
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@myscope/linked',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      }),
+    },
+    'my-project': {
+      'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'my-project',
+        version: '1.0.0',
+      }),
+    },
+  })
+  npm.globalDir = resolve(testdir, 'global-prefix', 'lib', 'node_modules')
+  npm.prefix = resolve(testdir, 'my-project')
+
+  npm.config.find = () => 'default'
+
+  const _cwd = process.cwd()
+  process.chdir(npm.prefix)
+
+  reifyOutput = async () => {
+    reifyOutput = undefined
+    process.chdir(_cwd)
+    npm.config.find = () => null
+
+    const links = await printLinks({
+      path: npm.prefix,
+    })
+
+    t.equal(
+      require(resolve(testdir, 'my-project', 'package.json')).dependencies,
+      undefined,
+      'should not save to package.json upon linking'
+    )
+
+    t.matchSnapshot(links, 'should create a local symlink to global pkg')
+  }
+
+  link(['@myscope/linked'], (err) => {
+    t.ifError(err, 'should not error out')
+  })
+})
+
 t.test('completion', (t) => {
   const testdir = t.testdir({
     'global-prefix': {