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Metehan Altuntekin
Metehan Altuntekin

Reputation: 402

Husky, GitHub Desktop commit error: cannot find module yarn.js

I am working on a project that has Husky dependency. When I try to commit changes or switch branch on GitHub Desktop, I get this error:

2022-11-16T12:18:08.885Z - error: [ui] `git commit -F -` exited with an unexpected code: 1.
stderr:
/c/Users/user/AppData/Roaming/npm/yarn: line 5: cygpath: command not found
node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:988
  throw err;
  ^

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.1.2\resources\app\git\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.js'
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:985:15)
    at Module._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:833:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:23:47 {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: []
}

Node.js v18.10.0
husky - pre-commit hook exited with code 1 (error)

OS: Windows 10 Pro
GitHub Desktop: Version 3.1.2
Git: Version 2.38.0.windows.1

If i use git from Powershell, everything works fine.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5349

Answers (2)

sban2009
sban2009

Reputation: 91

Accepted answer works, but you need to repeat it after every update of GitHub as the path will change (as per version name). The key here is cygpath: command not found. cygpath is shipped with Git and is present in C:\Program Files\Git\usr\bin. Add that to PATH and the problem will be fixed permanently.

Upvotes: 2

Metehan Altuntekin
Metehan Altuntekin

Reputation: 402

So the problem is, there is no C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.1.2\resources\app\git\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.js

My first assumption is that there is no npm initialized in the git folder. Let's check:

1- Open Powershell
2- Type cd C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\app-3.1.2\resources\app\git to set the directory
3- Type explorer . to view the folder in File Explorer

screenshot from the git folder

So we see no node_modules, package.json or package-lock.json. This means that npm is not initialized in this current directory.

To add the missing ...\git\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.js:

1- Run npm init to initialize npm in the directory.
2- Run npm i yarn to add yarn dependency to the current directory.

This way, we have added the missing ...\git\node_modules\yarn\bin\yarn.js file.
Now everything works fine!

Upvotes: 12

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