docs: note that a wrong in-repo npm version means a missing volta inventory entry - #526
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Volta does not always fetch a pinned npm on demand. When [email protected] is missing from its local inventory it silently falls back to the npm bundled with Node 22 (10.9.x), so the pin in package.json looks like it is working when it is not. Document the one-time `volta install [email protected]` and the version check in the README Install section. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
Most contributors will already have the pinned npm in Volta's inventory, so lead with the version check as the trigger rather than prescribing the install for everyone. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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Summary
The repo pins both node and npm via Volta in
package.json([email protected],[email protected]), but Volta does not always download a pinned npm on demand. When[email protected]is absent from Volta's local inventory it silently falls back to the npm bundled with Node 22 (10.9.x) — sonpm --versionreports 10.9.8 in the repo while the pin looks correct inpackage.json.Adds a short note to the README Install section, phrased as a conditional: if the in-repo
npm --versionisn't the pinned version, that's the cause, andvolta install [email protected]fixes it once. Contributors who already have it in their inventory can read straight past.Docs only — no code or dependency changes.
Test plan
npx prettier --check README.mdpassesnpm-11.5.1.tgzin Volta's inventory, in-reponpm --versionreported10.9.8; aftervolta install [email protected]it reports12.0.2, and it keeps reporting12.0.2even with the user-level default set back to11.5.1— confirming the repo pin resolves from the inventory rather than from the user default.🤖 Generated with Claude Code