From a707a79ef60cfb31246c8361210d84b13c4836d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 12:06:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cli: always use src/ version of cli inside repo

---
 package.json                   |  2 +-
 packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a551cb7a79..71b8d579dd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "start": "yarn build && yarn workspace @spotify-backstage/app start",
     "build": "lerna run build",
     "test": "cross-env CI=true lerna run test --stream --parallel -- --coverage",
-    "create-plugin": "yarn workspace @spotify-backstage/cli build && backstage-cli create-plugin",
+    "create-plugin": "backstage-cli create-plugin",
     "lint": "lerna run lint --stream"
   },
   "workspaces": {
diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli b/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli
index 7aa96ef3d4..23111f3061 100755
--- a/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/backstage-cli
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
-require('../cjs');
+
+const path = require('path');
+
+// Figure out whether we're running inside the backstage repo or as an installed dependency
+const isLocal = require('fs').existsSync(path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'));
+if (!isLocal) {
+  require('../cjs');
+} else {
+  require('ts-node').register({
+    project: path.resolve(__dirname, '../tsconfig.json'),
+    transpileOnly: true,
+  });
+
+  require('../src');
+}