Add support for pnpm package manager

[macjabeth]

Hello! I was researching if CRA had any support for the pnpm package manager. I came across issue #2809 and - per the last comment - decided to try and tackle this implementation myself.

This is my initial pull request, and I know it still needs some work because I tested it myself and after there are some issues still. I'm hoping by creating this PR, it'll get a discussion going on how to properly implement this.

Thank you for considering this feature!

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[mrmckeb]

Hi @macjabeth, thanks for spending the time on this. In future, I'd recommend that you raise an issue first just to ensure this work isn't being tackled by someone else - we don't ever want people to waste time...

We're about to roll out a new feature in the coming weeks, and this PR would conflict with that... if you're OK with it, could we fix conflicts and merge this in after PR that is merged?

[macjabeth]

@mrmckeb Of course! Sorry for not raising an issue first... Would be happy waiting until then and resolving any conflicts.

[mrmckeb]

If you can subscribe to #7716, we can resume this PR as soon as that's merged. I hope next week, as I'll spend Monday finishing it off.

[arzga]

Would love to see this improvement to make it to the master ;)

[ZachHaber]

Is there anything I can do to help get this added?

[beenotung]

@ZachHaber Is there anything I can do to help get this added?

I guess we'd better re-apply changes made by @macjabeth based on the current master branch?

In the meantime, I created a script in my PATH named npm, which call pnpm $@ ...

[alex-shamshurin]

Is there any progress and chances to merge it?

[adelarsq]

Any update on this?

[nyn3x]

Is there any update on this? I would very much like this feature to be in CRA ...

[DylanCulfogienis]

Any news on this?

[beenotung]

For folks still waiting for pnpm support from create-react-app, I made an alternative npm init script that can work with any package managers.
git npm

[ashishbinu]

Hope it gets implemented soon

[ruifortes]

Hey!! Facebook!! Could you?!? Hum. hum??

[adelarsq]

I did a little review and appears that is fine. But has some conflicts to solve since it's an old request.

[Philzen]

Any update on this?

[karlhorky]

For those who want to go down with the ship (create-react-app is going away, try googling if you don't know what I mean), here's a version that you can use which uses pnpm internally:

pnpm create @upleveled/react-app my-app

[beenotung]

If you just want to create a typescript react app, instead of a generic creator with multiple template options. You can run:

npm init react-ts-template

Or

npx create-react-ts-template

It will create the project for you (without installing the dependencies)

You can then cd into the project directory and install with any package manager, e.g.

cd my-app
pnpm i

[CoolPlayLin]

Hello @macjabeth
This Pull Request has been open for 3 years. Any update on this?