Use function directory package manager for GraphQL typegen

[dmerand]

Stack context

This stack is not trying to reduce Shopify CLI's supported package managers or preserve every detail of npm's local-prefix behavior.

The real problem is that Shopify CLI answers several different package-manager questions through helpers that are too broad for the caller's intent.

The end state is to make callers choose intent, not implementation. Concretely, the codebase needs clearer helper boundaries for:

• launcher/global-install resolution
• broad upward-walk package-manager detection
• known project-root resolution
• directory-local execution

This PR establishes the directory-local execution boundary for function GraphQL typegen.

What

Use the function directory to choose the package manager for the default JavaScript GraphQL typegen path instead of always running npm exec.

Add a cli-kit helper that builds the right command for running a project binary from a directory, and use it from buildGraphqlTypes.

Why

The current typegen path hardcodes npm, which breaks apps whose function directories are managed by pnpm, yarn, or bun.

This keeps the fix scoped to the function typegen problem. It does not change the broader getPackageManager(...) contract for other callers.

How

packageManagerBinaryCommandForDirectory(...) walks up from the function directory, looks for package-manager markers such as lockfiles and pnpm-workspace.yaml, and returns the right command shape for npm, pnpm, yarn, or bun.

Testing

To test manually:

1. Create or use an app with a JavaScript function managed by pnpm, yarn, or bun
2. Run shopify app function build
3. Confirm GraphQL type generation runs through that package manager instead of npm

[dmerand]

• Use Project follow-up command helper for display-only paths #7243
• Require explicit package manager for project operations #7242
• Add root-known package manager helper #7241
• Use function directory package manager for GraphQL typegen #7239 👈 (View in Graphite)
• main

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Pull request overview

This PR updates GraphQL type generation for function builds to execute graphql-code-generator via the package manager inferred from the function’s directory (or its ancestors), rather than always using npm exec.

Changes:

• Added a directory-based package manager inference helper and a shared command builder for executing local binaries.
• Updated function type generation to use the new helper when running GraphQL codegen.
• Added unit tests for the new helper and updated function build tests to assert the helper is used.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 4 out of 4 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/node-package-manager.ts	Adds directory-based package manager inference and builds the correct {command,args} to run a local binary via npm/pnpm/yarn/bun.
packages/cli-kit/src/public/node/node-package-manager.test.ts	Adds coverage for packageManagerBinaryCommandForDirectory across npm/pnpm/yarn/bun and fallback behavior.
packages/app/src/cli/services/function/build.ts	Switches GraphQL typegen execution to the shared package-manager-aware command builder.
packages/app/src/cli/services/function/build.test.ts	Mocks the shared helper and verifies buildGraphqlTypes executes the returned command.

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Differences in type declarations

We detected differences in the type declarations generated by Typescript for this branch compared to the baseline ('main' branch). Please, review them to ensure they are backward-compatible. Here are some important things to keep in mind:

• Some seemingly private modules might be re-exported through public modules.
• If the branch is behind main you might see odd diffs, rebase main into this branch.

New type declarations

We found no new type declarations in this PR

Existing type declarations

packages/cli-kit/dist/public/node/node-package-manager.d.ts

@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ export declare function packageManagerFromUserAgent(env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): Pa
  * @returns The dependency manager
  */
 export declare function getPackageManager(fromDirectory: string): Promise<PackageManager>;
+/**
+ * Builds the command and argv needed to execute a local binary using the package manager
+ * detected from the provided directory or its ancestors.
+ */
+export declare function packageManagerBinaryCommandForDirectory(fromDirectory: string, binary: string, ...binaryArgs: string[]): Promise<{
+    command: string;
+    args: string[];
+}>;
 interface InstallNPMDependenciesRecursivelyOptions {
     /**
      * The dependency manager to use to install the dependencies.

[dmerand]

/snapit

[github-actions]

🫰✨ Thanks @dmerand! Your snapshot has been published to npm.

Test the snapshot by installing your package globally:

npm i -g --@shopify:registry=https://registry.npmjs.org @shopify/cli@0.0.0-snapshot-20260409214500

Caution

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If the versions don't match, you might have multiple global instances installed.
Use which shopify to find out which one you are running and uninstall it.