vsce publish fails - VS Code Extension using pnpm/yarn

Question

Versions:

• vsce version 1.71.0
• node version v10.15.3
• npm version 6.4.1

vsce publish fails with the below message:

Executing prepublish script 'npm run vscode:prepublish'...

sfdx-command-builder@0.1.0 vscode:prepublish C:\Projects\VS Code Extensions\sfdx-command-builder
npm run compile

sfdx-command-builder@0.1.0 compile C:\Projects\VS Code Extensions\sfdx-command-builder
tsc -p ./

ERROR Command failed: npm list --production --parseable --depth=99999 npm ERR! missing: mkdirp@0.5.1, required by node-pre-gyp@0.14.0 npm ERR! missing: minimist@0.0.8, required by mkdirp@0.5.1 npm ERR! missing: minimatch@3.0.4, required by ignore-walk@3.0.3 npm ERR! missing: brace-expansion@1.1.11, required by minimatch@3.0.4 npm ERR! missing: balanced-match@1.0.0, required by brace-expansion@1.1.11 npm ERR! missing: concat-map@0.0.1, required by brace-expansion@1.1.11 npm ERR! missing: console-control-strings@1.1.0, required by npmlog@4.1.2 npm ERR! missing: inherits@2.0.4, required by readable-stream@2.3.6 npm ERR! missing: safe-buffer@5.1.2, required by readable-stream@2.3.6 npm ERR! missing: safe-buffer@5.1.2, required by string_decoder@1.1.1 npm ERR! missing: console-control-strings@1.1.0, required by gauge@2.7.4 npm ERR! missing: string-width@1.0.2, required by gauge@2.7.4 npm ERR! missing: strip-ansi@3.0.1, required by gauge@2.7.4 npm ERR! missing: code-point-at@1.1.0, required by string-width@1.0.2 npm ERR! missing: is-fullwidth-code-point@1.0.0, required by string-width@1.0.2 npm ERR! missing: strip-ansi@3.0.1, required by string-width@1.0.2 npm ERR! missing: number-is-nan@1.0.1, required by is-fullwidth-code-point@1.0.0 npm ERR! missing: ansi-regex@2.1.1, required by strip-ansi@3.0.1 npm ERR! missing: string-width@1.0.2, required by wide-align@1.1.3 npm ERR! missing: inherits@2.0.4, required by glob@7.1.6 npm ERR! missing: minimatch@3.0.4, required by glob@7.1.6 npm ERR! missing: once@1.4.0, required by glob@7.1.6 npm ERR! missing: once@1.4.0, required by inflight@1.0.6 npm ERR! missing: wrappy@1.0.2, required by inflight@1.0.6 npm ERR! missing: wrappy@1.0.2, required by once@1.4.0 npm ERR! missing: minipass@2.9.0, required by tar@4.4.13 npm ERR! missing: mkdirp@0.5.1, required by tar@4.4.13 npm ERR! missing: safe-buffer@5.1.2, required by tar@4.4.13 npm ERR! missing: yallist@3.1.1, required by tar@4.4.13 npm ERR! missing: minipass@2.9.0, required by fs-minipass@1.2.7 npm ERR! missing: safe-buffer@5.1.2, required by minipass@2.9.0 npm ERR! missing: yallist@3.1.1, required by minipass@2.9.0 npm ERR! missing: minipass@2.9.0, required by minizlib@1.3.3

Answer 1

This happens because the extension's linker fails to resolve the dependencies.

To fix it do the following depending on which node package manager your repo uses:

• yarn repo:

  vsce publish --yarn -p $my_token
  

• pnpm repo:

  1. if you have no runtime dependencies you can keep it simple, just add this to your package.json

     "scripts": {
         "package": "pnpm vsce package --no-dependencies",
         "publish": "pnpm vsce publish --no-dependencies"
     }
     

     or run the command vsce publish patch --no-dependencies (use minor or major instead of patch as needed, see semver)

  2. if you have runtime dependencies you need to bundle them first, so additionally to (1) also add this to your package.json

     "scripts": {
         "vscode:prepublish": "npm run esbuild-base -- --minify",
         "esbuild-base": "esbuild ./src/extension.ts --bundle --outfile=out/main.js --external:vscode --format=cjs --platform=node"
     }
     

For either case you'll obviously need to install vsce with

pnpm i -D vsce # or `yarn add -D vsce`

and in the 2nd pnpm case you'll also need esbuild too

pnpm i -D esbuild

See more info in the related Github issue.

Answer 2

If you are using javascript which is seemingly a less popular choice and facing this error then try this

npm i --save-dev webpack webpack-cli

It solved my error and let me publish by adding desired dependencies.

Answer 3

Have you tried to run npm install before running vsce publish?

I experienced the issue when using yarn. The solution for me was to add --yarn to the command:

vsce publish --yarn -p $my_token

Source: @joaomoreno's comment in https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-vsce/issues/246#issuecomment-396528264