pnpm import

pnpm import generates a pnpm-lock.yaml from another package manager's lockfile. Supported source files, in the order pnpm looks for them:

• yarn.lock
• package-lock.json
• npm-shrinkwrap.json

pnpm import

The import is not a one-to-one conversion. The versions in the source lockfile are preferred during a fresh resolution, so the result can differ where the source lockfile does not satisfy the manifests. In a workspace, the yarn.lock files of individual projects are read too. Dependencies that use Yarn's patch: protocol become patchedDependencies entries.

An existing pnpm-lock.yaml is replaced. If the import fails, the previous file is restored.

Without a supported lockfile, the command fails with ERR_PNPM_LOCKFILE_NOT_FOUND. A yarn.lock that cannot be parsed, including one with merge conflict markers, fails with ERR_PNPM_YARN_LOCKFILE_PARSE_FAILED.

Declare workspaces in pnpm-workspace.yaml before running pnpm import.

Options#

--pnpr-server <url>#

Accepted so that pnpm import takes the same options as the other installing commands. pnpm import always resolves locally, so the value has no effect.