Link local packages in package.json if in e2e-test

packages/cli/src/commands/create-app/createApp.ts

@@ -86,6 +86,34 @@ export async function moveApp(
   });
 }
 
+async function addPackageResolutions(rootDir: string, appDir: string) {
+  process.chdir(appDir);
+
+  const packageFileContent = await fs.readFile('package.json', 'utf-8');
+  const packageFileJson = JSON.parse(packageFileContent);
+
+  if (packageFileJson.resolutions) {
+    throw new Error('package.json already contains resolutions');
+  }
+  packageFileJson.resolutions = {};
+
+  const packages = ['cli', 'core', 'test-utils', 'test-utils-core', 'theme'];
+
+  for (const pkg of packages) {
+    await Task.forItem('adding', `${pkg} link to package.json`, async () => {
+      const pkgPath = require('path').join(rootDir, 'packages', pkg);
+      packageFileJson.resolutions[`@backstage/${pkg}`] = `file:${pkgPath}`;
+      const newContents = `${JSON.stringify(packageFileJson, null, 2)}\n`;
+
+      await fs.writeFile('package.json', newContents, 'utf-8').catch(error => {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Failed to add resolutions to package.json: ${error.message}`,
+        );
+      });
+    });
+  }
+}
+
 export default async () => {
   const questions: Question[] = [
     {
@@ -126,6 +154,15 @@ export default async () => {
     Task.section('Moving to final location');
     await moveApp(tempDir, appDir, answers.name);
 
+    // e2e testing needs special treatment
+    if (process.env.E2E) {
+      Task.section('Linking packages locally for e2e tests');
+      const rootDir = process.env.CI
+        ? resolvePath(process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE!)
+        : resolvePath(__dirname, '..', '..', '..');
+      await addPackageResolutions(rootDir, appDir);
+    }
+
     Task.section('Building the app');
     await buildApp(appDir);
 

packages/cli/src/helpers/paths.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function findRootPath(topPath: string): string {
       try {
         const contents = fs.readFileSync(packagePath, 'utf8');
         const data = JSON.parse(contents);
-        if (data.name === 'root') {
+        if (data.name === 'root' || data.name.includes('backstage-e2e')) {
           return path;
         }
       } catch (error) {

packages/cli/templates/default-app/package.json.hbs

@@ -25,8 +25,5 @@
     "@backstage/cli": "^{{version}}",
     "lerna": "^3.20.2",
     "prettier": "^1.19.1"
-  },
-  "resolutions": {
-    "@backstage/cli": "file:/home/runner/work/backstage/backstage/packages/cli"
   }
 }