/pnpm-prune-bug

Reproduction for pnpm prune bug when using workspaces

pnpm prune bug reproduction

  1. Install all dependencies

    pnpm recursive install

  2. Check node_modules size

    du -sh node_modules # 27M

  3. Prune devDeps

    pnpm recursive prune --prod

  4. Check node_modules size

    du -sh node_modules # Still 27M!

  5. Clean up node_modules manually

    rm -rf ./node_modules
rm -rf ./packages/*/node_modules

  6. Install without devDeps

    NODE_ENV=production pnpm recursive install

  7. Check node_modules size

    du -sh node_modules # 488K!