[CI] Rework app-tests job to use npm as user's packages manager

Author: Kocal

.github/workflows/app-tests.yaml

@@ -60,21 +60,51 @@ jobs:
             working-directory: test_apps/encore-app
             dependency-versions: highest
 
+        - name: Manually replacing "workspace:*" references
+          run: |
+            for PACKAGE_DATA in $(cd ../..; pnpm ls -r --json --depth -1 | jq 'map(select(.private != true))' | jq -c '.[]'); do
+              PACKAGE_NAME=$(echo $PACKAGE_DATA | jq -r '.name')
+              PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH=$(echo $PACKAGE_DATA | jq -r '.path')
+
+              # Manually replace "workspace:" constraints with the actual package version, it ensure packages can be installed with npm
+              jq -rc '[(.dependencies // {}) + (.devDependencies // {}) | to_entries[] | select(.value == "workspace:*") | .key][]' "$PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH/package.json" | while read -r PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE ; do
+                # Extract the resolved version of the package from the workspace, e.g.: "link:../../../../assets"
+                RESOLVED_VERSION=$(pnpm ls --filter $PACKAGE_NAME --json | jq -r --arg PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE $PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE '
+                  .[].dependencies // {} + .[].devDependencies // {} |
+                  to_entries[] |
+                  select(.value.from == $PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE) |
+                  .value.version
+                ')
+
+                echo "Resolved version for $PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE: $RESOLVED_VERSION"
+
+
+                # Replace "link:" (pnpm) with "file:" (compatible with npm)
+                RESOLVED_VERSION=${RESOLVED_VERSION/link:/file:}
+
+                # Replace the package "workspace:*" with the actual version
+                echo "Replacing \"$PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE\" with \"$RESOLVED_VERSION\" in $PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH/package.json"
+                sed -i "s|\"$PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE\": \"workspace:\*\"|\"$PACKAGE_FROM_WORKSPACE\": \"$RESOLVED_VERSION\"|g" "$PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH/package.json"
+              done;
+            done
+
         - working-directory: test_apps/encore-app
-          run: pnpm install --ignore-workspace
+          run: npm install
 
         - if: matrix.ux-packages-source == 'js-packages'
           name: Install UX JS packages with a JS package manager
           working-directory: test_apps/encore-app
           run: |
             PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL=''
-            for PACKAGE in $(cd ../..; pnpm ls -r --json --depth -1 | jq 'map(select(.private != true))' | jq -c '.[]'); do
-              PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH=$(echo $PACKAGE | jq -r '.path')
+            for PACKAGE_DATA in $(cd ../..; pnpm ls -r --json --depth -1 | jq 'map(select(.private != true))' | jq -c '.[]'); do
+              PACKAGE_NAME=$(echo $PACKAGE_DATA | jq -r '.name')
+              PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH=$(echo $PACKAGE_DATA | jq -r '.path')
               PACKAGE_RELATIVE_PATH=$(realpath --relative-to=. "$PACKAGE_ABSOLUTE_PATH")
               PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL="$PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL file:$PACKAGE_RELATIVE_PATH"
             done
+
             echo "Installing packages: $PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL"
-            pnpm add --save-dev $PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL
+            npm add --save-dev $PACKAGES_TO_INSTALL
 
         - name: Ensure UX packages are installed from "${{ env.EXPECTED_PATTERN }}"
           working-directory: test_apps/encore-app
@@ -97,8 +127,8 @@ jobs:
 
         - name: Ensure project can be built in dev mode
           working-directory: test_apps/encore-app
-          run: pnpm run dev
+          run: npm run dev
 
         - name: Ensure project can be built in prod mode
           working-directory: test_apps/encore-app
-          run: pnpm run build
+          run: npm run build

test_apps/encore-app/.gitignore

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 composer.lock
+package-lock.json
 
 ###> symfony/framework-bundle ###
 /.env.local