Contribution Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting in Development

This section contains solutions to various problems you may run into when developing for the TinaCMS.

• I pulled down changes and now the packages won't build
• I can't add dependencies to a package

I pulled down changes and now my packages won't build

The links between the local packages may have been broken. If this is the problem, then running npm run bootstrap should fix the issue.

Example error message

sh: cms-scripts: command not found

I can't add dependencies to a package

Linking prevents running npm install from directly inside a package from working. There are two ways to get around this issue.

1. Add the package with lerna

   You can use lerna to add new dependencies to a package from the root of the repository:

   lerna add react --scope @tinacms/react-tinacms

   The downside of this approach is you can only add one dependency at a time. If you need to add many packages, you can use the next method.

2. Add dependencies manually, then bootstrap

   The other approach is to manually add the dependencies to the package.json and then run npm run bootstrap from the root of the repository.

3. When I run npm run bs it deletes the contents of a package?

   This sucks. Try running lerna clean and then running npm run bs again.