pnpm 10 moved workspace-wide settings out of .npmrc into pnpm-workspace.yaml

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pnpm historically read its own settings from .npmrc, sharing a file with npm registry configuration. pnpm 10 began moving pnpm-specific settings into pnpm-workspace.yaml, where they sit alongside the packages globs as real YAML keys rather than flat string values.

The consequence during an upgrade is silent: a setting left in .npmrc may no longer be honored, and the install proceeds with the default instead. onlyBuiltDependencies is the one that catches people, because losing it means dependency build scripts stop running and a native module ends up unusable.

After upgrading to pnpm 10, read the settings reference and move the pnpm keys across, keeping registry, auth, and proxy settings in .npmrc where they belong. Confirm what is actually in effect with pnpm config list, which prints the resolved configuration including its source, rather than assuming the file you edited is the one being read.

Source: https://pnpm.io/settings

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