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How to harden pre-commit against release-only failures, especially packaging mismatches
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Catch packaging-script regressions by asserting the real script exit path and current overlay surface.
Use a validated tooling downgrade when Dependabot flags an unpatchable transitive vulnerability in build-only dependencies.
| name | precommit-release-gates |
| description | How to harden pre-commit against release-only failures, especially packaging mismatches |
| domain | release-management |
| confidence | high |
| source | earned |
Use this when a release workflow fails even though local builds or lighter smoke checks were green.
npm run package, not just npm install or npm run compile).scripts/pre-commit.ps1 if the failure is deterministic and commit-blocking.package.json and package-lock.json).vscode-extension/package.json and vscode-extension/package-lock.json both moved engines.vscode to ^1.110.0 to match @types/vscode ^1.110.0.scripts/pre-commit.ps1 now runs the same npm run package path that release uses.