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socket npm cannot execute npm installed via mise

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
node.js, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

Start at the socket npm command entry point and reproduce the failure with the mise-generated ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.21.1/bin/npm wrapper. Trace how the CLI launches the requested executable, then verify that shell-script npm wrappers are handled without Node parsing them as JavaScript. The issue names no repository file or test, so completion should include a regression check for this invocation.

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Description

bug

mise puts node and npm file pointing like ~/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.21.1/bin/npm
which is a shell script :(

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -euo pipefail

# This script wraps npm so to run `mise reshim` after global installs and uninstalls
# Any other cases are passed-through to npm

this_dir=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")
plugin_name=$(basename "$(dirname "$this_dir")")

this_dir=$(cd "$this_dir" && pwd -P) # Normalizes the directory
...

So socket npm fails because it isn't a node script.

$ socket npm i
   _____         _       _        /---------------
  |   __|___ ___| |_ ___| |_      | CLI: v1.1.38
  |__   | . |  _| '_| -_|  _|     | token: (not set), org: (not set)
  |_____|___|___|_,_|___|_|.dev   | Command: `socket npm`, cwd: **

/Users/kesoji/.local/share/mise/installs/node/22.21.1/bin/npm:2
set -euo pipefail
         ^^^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier 'pipefail'
    at wrapSafe (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1638:18)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1680:20)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1839:10)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1441:32)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1263:12)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:328:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:237:24)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain] (node:internal/modules/run_main:171:5)
    at node:internal/main/run_main_module:36:49

Node.js v22.21.1

Is there any solution or workaround?

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