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Sardorbek Imomaliev
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TIL: GitHub Actions | Fix "Error: Dependencies lock file is not found"

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Question

How to fix this error:

Error: Dependencies lock file is not found in /path/to/project. Supported file patterns: package-lock.json,yarn.lock
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in actions/setup-node@v2 GitHub Action?

Answer

This error occurs because by default, this job searches for package-lock.json in the root of the repository for caching. We need to explicitly specify the location of our package-lock.json

 - name: Setup Node.js uses: actions/setup-node@v2 with: node-version: 16.14.0 cache: "npm" + # The action defaults to search for the dependency file + # (package-lock.json or yarn.lock) in the repository root, and uses + # its hash as a part of the cache key. + # https://github.com/actions/setup-node#caching-packages-dependencies + cache-dependency-path: "./blog/package-lock.json"
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yoloz •

thanks

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Orinda Felix Ochieng •

What if you are using pnpm package manager?

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Sardorbek Imomaliev •

@forinda Never used pnpm, try checking docs github.com/actions/setup-node/blob...

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Orinda Felix Ochieng •

Ok. Sure...