| name | update-packages |
| description | Update all npm packages to their latest versions using the update-packages script. Use this when asked to update, upgrade, or consolidate dependencies, or to close dependabot PRs.
|
Update Packages Workflow
Follow these steps in order.
1. Create a GitHub issue to track the update
gh issue create --title "chore: update all packages to latest" --body "..."
Note the issue number (e.g. #42).
2. Create a branch off main
git checkout main && git pull
git checkout -b feat/consolidate-deps-<issue-number>
3. Run the update-packages script
Use --minor-only to automatically skip all major version bumps (recommended).
Use --omit to additionally skip specific packages by name.
bun run tools/update-packages/src/main.tsx --minor-only --interactive false
The tool is a React Ink interactive CLI. In interactive mode (default) it will:
- Show a table of all outdated packages
- Prompt you to select any packages to omit via a multi-select (major bumps
are pre-selected when
--minor-only is passed)
- Show live progress as each
nx migrate runs
- Prompt to run
pnpm install and npx nx migrate --run-migrations on completion
In non-interactive mode (--interactive false), it skips all prompts and runs
through all packages automatically, still streaming live progress.
Key flags:
| Flag | Description |
|---|
--minor-only | Skip all packages with a major version bump |
--omit <pkg...> | Skip specific packages by name |
--interactive false | Run non-interactively (no prompts) |
--json | Output results as JSON (implies --interactive false) |
The script will:
- Detect all outdated packages via
pnpm outdated
- Run
nx migrate <pkg>@latest for each one
- Merge any generated migrations into
migrations.json
- Print next steps (install + run migrations if needed)
4. Install updated packages
pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile
If the install fails, check for postinstall build errors (e.g. tsconfig
issues in tools/builders/dotnet-builder).
5. Run migrations (only if migrations.json was updated)
npx nx migrate --run-migrations
6. Run all tests
nx reset
nx run-many -t build,test
All 9 projects must pass before committing.
7. Commit
git add -A
git commit -m "chore: update all packages to latest (closes #<issue-number>)"
8. Push and open PR
git push origin feat/consolidate-deps-<issue-number>
gh pr create --title "chore: update all packages to latest" --body "Closes #<issue-number> ..."
9. Close stale dependabot PRs
Close any open dependabot PRs that are now covered by this update:
gh pr list --author "app/dependabot" --json number,title
gh pr close <number> --comment "Covered by consolidated update PR" --delete-branch
Leave open any dependabot PRs for packages that were intentionally omitted
(e.g. TypeScript major version bumps).
Notes
- Use
--minor-only by default to skip major version bumps — run them separately
once you've confirmed they are safe (e.g. no breaking changes affecting the codebase)
- Use
--omit <pkg> for additional specific packages to skip beyond major bumps
- If a package is a transitive dep not shown by
pnpm outdated, use
pnpm.overrides in package.json to force the version
- After merging, watch for new dependabot PRs — dependabot may recreate stale
ones; close them if the package was already updated
