Google Cloud Build instructions & potential workaround for Google App Engine

[benatkin]

I needed to run pnpm on Google Cloud Build and I was looking at this question from another person:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63206481/how-to-use-pnpm-with-google-cloud-build

I was able to figure out my issue right away, because I was just running pnpm install and pnpm build directly, just by running them in a single command:

There are docs for other CIs but Google Cloud Build is missing. I'd like to add it but am not sure my solution of running them in a single step is acceptable, and when I tried running npm install -g pnpm beforehand, that didn't work. I know I could use another container but I try to use official container images to reduce the amount of vetting of container images I need to do. So I may contribute to the docs when I have time, but in the meantime leave it here. Here is my build step:

- name: node
  entrypoint: bash
  args:
  - -c
  - npm install -g pnpm && pnpm install && pnpm build
  dir: 'admin/frontend'

I didn't have a good answer for gcloud, until I realized that running pnpm in a previous step and generating package-lock.json with npm shrinkwrap may work. After that, I assume gcloud would use. If I give it a shot myself I'll try to update this thread.

Here's a discussion about exporting package-lock.json which I agree is something that shouldn't be encouraged but I think in a CI that using npm shrinkwrap might be a good idea.

#3367

[ThibaultJanBeyer]

Did you have any success?