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feat: support project-aware global shims for vp-installed global CLIs

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

Start with the pnpm project-aware global bins reference and trace how vp i -g currently installs global CLIs. Define the project context, resolution behavior, workspace-root handling, and cross-platform shim expectations before identifying implementation points. Done means globally installed CLIs behave as normal executables while resolving project context appropriately.

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Description

Summary

Add support in vite-plus for project-aware global shims for CLIs installed via vp i -g.

pnpm reference

pnpm documents project-aware global bins here:
https://pnpm.io/global-packages#project-aware-global-bins

From the docs, the relevant behavior is:

  • globally installed packages are isolated from each other
  • bin shims are generated in the global bin directory
  • those shims point into the appropriate install group
  • the invoked CLI can operate with awareness of the current project context

What we want for vite-plus

For CLIs installed via vp i -g:

  • global shims should be available as normal executables
  • when invoked inside a project, the shim/runtime should resolve against the current project context where appropriate
  • the behavior should feel similar to local project bins, but for globally installed tooling

Open questions

  • Should vite-plus mirror pnpm's approach closely, or adapt it to vp's own installation/runtime model?
  • What project context needs to be discovered at execution time?
  • Are there edge cases around resolution, workspace roots, or cross-platform shim generation?
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