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fix: skip postinstall when project has no package.json #151

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fix: skip postinstall when project has no package.json
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test: exercise an existing directory without package.json
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/skip-when-no-package-json.md
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"simple-git-hooks": patch
---

fix: don't crash `postinstall` when the resolved project directory has no package.json — skip instead of throwing an uncaught ENOENT
8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion simple-git-hooks.js
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Expand Up @@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ function checkSimpleGitHooksInDependencies(projectRootPath) {
throw TypeError("Package json path is not a string!")
}

// No package.json means we're not in a project that depends on simple-git-hooks
// (e.g. postinstall resolved to a directory without one) — skip instead of crashing.
if (!fs.existsSync(path.normalize(projectRootPath + '/package.json'))) {
return false
}

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git ls-files | rg '(^|/)simple-git-hooks\.js$|package\.json$'
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sed -n '120,180p' simple-git-hooks.js
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#!/bin/bash
set -eu
node - <<'JS'
'use strict'

function getPackageJson(fs, projectRootPath) {
  const target = projectRootPath + '/package.json'
  if (!fs.existsSync(target) || !fs.statSync(target).isFile()) {
    const error = new Error("Package.json doesn't exist")
    error.code = 'MISSING_PACKAGE'
    throw error
  }
  const raw = fs.readFileSync(target)
  return JSON.parse(raw)
}

function checkDependencies(fs, projectRootPath) {
  if (!fs.existsSync(projectRootPath + '/package.json')) return false
  try {
    return Boolean(getPackageJson(fs, projectRootPath))
  } catch (error) {
    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') return false
    throw error
  }
}

function makeFs({removeBeforeStat = false, removeBeforeRead = false, statError, readError} = {}) {
  let present = true
  return {
    existsSync() { return present },
    statSync() {
      if (removeBeforeStat) present = false
      if (!present) {
        const error = new Error('missing during stat')
        error.code = 'ENOENT'
        throw error
      }
      if (statError) throw statError
      return {isFile: () => true}
    },
    readFileSync() {
      if (removeBeforeRead) present = false
      if (!present) {
        const error = new Error('missing during read')
        error.code = 'ENOENT'
        throw error
      }
      if (readError) throw readError
      return '{"simple-git-hooks":{}}'
    }
  }
}

for (const scenario of [
  ['removed before stat', makeFs({removeBeforeStat: true})],
  ['removed before read', makeFs({removeBeforeRead: true})],
  ['permission failure at stat', makeFs({statError: Object.assign(new Error('denied'), {code: 'EACCES'})})],
  ['permission failure at read', makeFs({readError: Object.assign(new Error('denied'), {code: 'EACCES'})})],
]) {
  const [name, fs] = scenario
  try {
    checkDependencies(fs, '/project')
    console.log(name + ': no error')
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(name + ': ' + error.code)
  }
}
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node - <<'JS'
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function currentGetPackageJson(fs, projectRootPath) {
  const target = projectRootPath + '/package.json'
  if (!fs.existsSync(target) || !fs.statSync(target).isFile()) {
    throw Error("Package.json doesn't exist")
  }
  const packageJsonDataRaw = fs.readFileSync(target)
  return JSON.parse(packageJsonDataRaw)
}

function currentCheck(fs, projectRootPath) {
  if (!fs.existsSync(projectRootPath + '/package.json')) return false
  return currentGetPackageJson(fs, projectRootPath)
}

function makeFs({removeBeforeStat = false, removeBeforeRead = false, statError, readError, malformed = false} = {}) {
  let present = true
  return {
    existsSync() { return present },
    statSync() {
      if (removeBeforeStat) present = false
      if (!present) {
        const error = new Error('missing during stat')
        error.code = 'ENOENT'
        throw error
      }
      if (statError) throw statError
      return {isFile: () => true}
    },
    readFileSync() {
      if (removeBeforeRead) present = false
      if (!present) {
        const error = new Error('missing during read')
        error.code = 'ENOENT'
        throw error
      }
      if (readError) throw readError
      return malformed ? '{' : '{}'
    }
  }
}

const scenarios = [
  ['removed before stat', makeFs({removeBeforeStat: true})],
  ['removed before read', makeFs({removeBeforeRead: true})],
  ['malformed JSON', makeFs({malformed: true})],
  ['permission failure at stat', makeFs({statError: Object.assign(new Error('denied'), {code: 'EACCES'})})],
  ['permission failure at read', makeFs({readError: Object.assign(new Error('denied'), {code: 'EACCES'})})],
]

for (const [name, fs] of scenarios) {
  try {
    currentCheck(fs, '/project')
    console.log(name + ': no error')
  } catch (error) {
    console.log(name + ': ' + (error.code || error.name))
  }
}
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Repository: toplenboren/simple-git-hooks

Length of output: 320

Guard the complete package lookup.

If package.json disappears after line 157, statSync or readFileSync in _getPackageJson can throw ENOENT. Catch ENOENT around the complete lookup and return false. Re-throw parse and permission errors. This also applies to lines 334-335.

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In `@simple-git-hooks.js` around lines 155 - 160, Update the package lookup in
_getPackageJson, including the corresponding lookup around the later
package-resolution call, to catch ENOENT across the complete
statSync/readFileSync operation and return false when package.json disappears.
Re-throw parsing and permission errors unchanged.

const {packageJsonContent} = _getPackageJson(projectRootPath)

// if simple-git-hooks in dependencies -> note user that he should remove move it to devDeps!
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const targetPackageJson = path.normalize(projectPath + '/package.json')

if (!fs.statSync(targetPackageJson).isFile()) {
if (!fs.existsSync(targetPackageJson) || !fs.statSync(targetPackageJson).isFile()) {
throw Error("Package.json doesn't exist")
}

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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions simple-git-hooks.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -129,6 +129,20 @@ describe("Simple Git Hooks tests", () => {
simpleGitHooks.checkSimpleGitHooksInDependencies(PROJECT_WITHOUT_SIMPLE_GIT_HOOKS)
).toBe(false);
});

it("returns false (does not throw) when package.json does not exist", () => {
// A directory that exists but has no package.json (the postinstall scenario in #112)
const dirWithoutPackageJson = fs.mkdtempSync(
path.join(process.cwd(), "_tests", "no_package_json_")
);
try {
expect(
simpleGitHooks.checkSimpleGitHooksInDependencies(dirWithoutPackageJson)
).toBe(false);
} finally {
fs.rmSync(dirWithoutPackageJson, { recursive: true, force: true });
}
});
});
});

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