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`npx --package=vite-plus vp create` fails with exit 127 when npm is the chosen package manager

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
70/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
nodejs, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

The bug is in how vp create builds the environment for the template runner: prependToPathToEnvs(..., { ...process.env }) in packages/cli/src/create/discovery.ts passes npm_config_package through to the nested npx create-vite@latest call. Start by reading that function, then reproduce with the command in the issue or the execSync snippet. Done means the npm-selected run succeeds and the npm exec-only keys are dropped from the child environment, with a regression test in discovery.spec.ts.

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Description

bug
Describe the bug

When vp create runs under npx --package=vite-plus and npm is the selected package manager, the template runner fails with sh: create-vite@latest: command not found (exit 127).

npx --package=vite-plus sets npm_config_package=vite-plus in the environment of vp. vp create copies all of process.env into the template runner environment (packages/cli/src/create/discovery.ts, prependToPathToEnvs(..., { ...process.env })). The nested npx create-vite@latest … reads the inherited npm_config_package, so npm installs vite-plus and looks for a bin named create-vite@latest in it, which does not exist.

The same command succeeds when:

  • the global vp runs it, with no outer npx;
  • pnpm dlx --package vite-plus vp create runs it;
  • pnpm, Yarn, or Bun is the selected package manager;
  • npm_config_package is removed from the environment before vp starts.
Reproduction

No repository is needed. Run from an empty directory.

Steps to reproduce
npx --yes --package vite-plus vp create vite:application --directory app \
  --package-manager npm --no-agent --no-editor --no-git --no-hooks --no-interactive --verbose

Output:

●  Running: npx create-vite@latest app --no-interactive --no-immediate --no-rolldown
npm notice run 'create-vite@latest' app --no-interactive --no-immediate --no-rolldown
sh: create-vite@latest: command not found

Exit code 127. app is not created.

Minimal npm-only reproduction of the mechanism, without Vite+:

npx --yes --package cowsay node -e 'require("child_process").execSync("npx --yes create-vite@latest --help", { stdio: "inherit" })'
# sh: create-vite@latest: command not found (exit 127)

The same command with npm_config_package deleted from the child environment succeeds.

Suggested fix

Remove the npm exec-only keys inherited from an outer npm exec or npx (npm_config_package, and npm_config_call for npx -c) from envs before vp create spawns the package-manager runner. I am happy to open a pull request with a test in discovery.spec.ts if you want this approach.

System Info
macOS (Darwin 27.0.0)
Node.js 24.21.0
npm 11.19.0 (outer npx); vp installed npm 12.2.0 for the project
vite-plus 1.1.0 (main at c58f28c read for the source reference)
Used Package Manager

npm

Logs

See the output above. The exit code is 127. The outer npm debug log shows only that the parent command failed.

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