Workspace

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A workspace is how package managers understand a monorepo — they see multiple packages inside one repo and manage them together. Set up workspaces and you can run a command once from the root and it applies to all the packages inside.

Real Talk

Workspaces are a package manager feature (npm workspaces, yarn workspaces, pnpm workspaces) that enables managing multiple packages within a single repository. They hoist shared dependencies and allow cross-package references during development.

Show Me The Code

// package.json root in a monorepo
{
  "name": "my-monorepo",
  "workspaces": [
    "packages/frontend",
    "packages/backend",
    "packages/shared"
  ]
}

When You'll Hear This

"Add the new package to the workspaces array in the root package.json." / "Workspace hoisting can cause peer dependency issues — watch out."

Related Terms

Dependency

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node_modules

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Package

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