Error when exec executables in monorepo submodule's .bin

[RoyRao2333]

pnpm version:

v8.6.7 and v7.33.3

Code to reproduce the issue:

I'm configuring a CLI package using Commander.js, zx and gitlab-cli to make merge requests.

Let's say I have a project structure below:

|--package.json
|--node_modules/
    |--.bin
        |--cli
|--packages/
    |--client/
        |--package.json
        |--node_modules/
            |--.bin
                |--lab
    |--...

In my root's package.json:

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "client": "workspace:*"
  }
}

In client's package.json:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "git-lab-cli": "2.0.7"
  }
}

Expected behavior:

Should successfully make merge requests with no errors.

Actual behavior:

If I run my custom command in my CLI

pnpm cli mr

that is running with zx

await $`pnpm --filter=client exec lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch`

and it actually runs

pnpm --filter=client exec lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch

The gitlab-cli works fine but I got an error at the end of the output:

undefined
/Users/royrao/Desktop/rd/shared/packages/client:
 ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL  Command failed with exit code 1: lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch

Dont know where did the undefined come from since I didn't log anything in my code. And this error gave me no reason why it failed.

But if I install gitlab-cli in the root's package.json and run

pnpm lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch

then everything is fine.

I got above errors using pnpm v8.6.7, but if I use v7.33.3, the error looks different:

/Users/royrao/Desktop/rd/shared/packages/client:
 ERR_PNPM_RECURSIVE_EXEC_FIRST_FAIL  Command failed with exit code 1: lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch
 ERROR  Command failed with exit code 1: pnpm --filter=client exec lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch

pnpm: Command failed with exit code 1: pnpm --filter=client exec lab merge-request -b myBranch -t master -m myBranch
    at makeError (/Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:24796:17)
    at handlePromise (/Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:25367:33)
    at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5)
    at async Object.handler [as dlx] (/Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:209900:7)
    at async /Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:219307:21
    at async main (/Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:219274:34)
    at async runPnpm (/Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:219529:5)
    at async /Users/royrao/.nvm/versions/node/v18.16.0/lib/node_modules/pnpm/dist/pnpm.cjs:219521:7

Additional information:

May be relevant to #4481

• Node v18.16.0
• macOS 13.4.1