feat: add an option to install the self-contained binary version of pnpm

README.md

@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ If `run_install` is a YAML string representation of either an object or an array
 
 **Optional** (_type:_ `string[]`) Additional arguments after `pnpm [recursive] install`, e.g. `[--frozen-lockfile, --strict-peer-dependencies]`.
 
+### `nodejs_bundled`
+
+**Optional** (_type:_ `boolean`, _default:_ `false`) When set to true, [@pnpm/exe](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@pnpm/exe), which is a Node.js bundled package, will be installed.
+
+This is useful when you want to use a incompatible pair of Node.js and pnpm.
+
 ## Outputs
 
 ### `dest`

action.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ inputs:
     description: If specified, run `pnpm install`
     required: false
     default: 'null'
+  nodejs_bundled:
+    description: When set to true, @pnpm/exe, which is a Node.js bundled package, will be installed.
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
 runs:
   using: node16
   main: dist/index.js

run.sh

@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ export HOME="$(pwd)"
 export INPUT_VERSION=4.11.1
 export INPUT_DEST='~/pnpm.temp'
 export INPUT_RUN_INSTALL=null
+export INPUT_NODEJS_BUNDLED=false
 exec node dist/index.js

src/inputs/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { getInput, InputOptions } from '@actions/core'
+import { getBooleanInput, getInput, InputOptions } from '@actions/core'
 import expandTilde from 'expand-tilde'
 import { RunInstall, parseRunInstall } from './run-install'
 
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export interface Inputs {
   readonly version?: string
   readonly dest: string
   readonly runInstall: RunInstall[]
+  readonly nodeJsBundled: boolean
 }
 
 const options: InputOptions = {
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ export const getInputs = (): Inputs => ({
   version: getInput('version'),
   dest: parseInputPath('dest'),
   runInstall: parseRunInstall('run_install'),
+  nodeJsBundled: getBooleanInput('nodejs_bundled'),
 })
 
 export default getInputs

src/install-pnpm/run.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { execPath } from 'process'
 import { Inputs } from '../inputs'
 
 export async function runSelfInstaller(inputs: Inputs): Promise<number> {
-  const { version, dest } = inputs
+  const { version, dest, nodeJsBundled } = inputs
 
   // prepare self install
   await remove(dest)
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export async function runSelfInstaller(inputs: Inputs): Promise<number> {
   await writeFile(pkgJson, JSON.stringify({ private: true }))
 
   // prepare target pnpm
-  const target = await readTarget(version)
+  const target = await readTarget(nodeJsBundled, version)
   const cp = spawn(execPath, [path.join(__dirname, 'pnpm.js'), 'install', target, '--no-lockfile'], {
     cwd: dest,
     stdio: ['pipe', 'inherit', 'inherit'],
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ export async function runSelfInstaller(inputs: Inputs): Promise<number> {
   return exitCode
 }
 
-async function readTarget(version?: string | undefined) {
-  if (version) return `pnpm@${version}`
+async function readTarget(nodeJsBundled: boolean, version?: string | undefined) {
+
+  if (version) return `${ nodeJsBundled ? '@pnpm/exe' : 'pnpm' }@${version}`
 
   const { GITHUB_WORKSPACE } = process.env
   if (!GITHUB_WORKSPACE) {
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ Please specify it by one of the following ways:
   if (!packageManager.startsWith('pnpm@')) {
     throw new Error('Invalid packageManager field in package.json')
   }
+
+  if(nodeJsBundled){
+    return packageManager.replace('pnpm@', '@pnpm/exe@')
+  }
+
   return packageManager
 }