paperclipai/paperclip · error · Error

Git install packaging produced ${workspaceTarballs.length} w

Error message

Git install packaging produced ${workspaceTarballs.length} workspace tarballs; expected ${workspacePackages.length}.

What it means

Error "Git install packaging produced ${workspaceTarballs.length} workspace tarballs; expected ${workspacePackages.length}." thrown in paperclipai/paperclip.

Source

Thrown at cli/src/commands/install.ts:300

    const workspacePackages = resolveGitInstallWorkspacePackages(checkoutPath);
    for (const [index, workspacePackage] of workspacePackages.entries()) {
      const packageDir = path.join(checkoutPath, workspacePackage.dir);
      const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(packageDir, "package.json"), "utf8")) as { bundleDependencies?: string[]; bundledDependencies?: string[] };
      const bundledDependencies = packageJson.bundleDependencies ?? packageJson.bundledDependencies ?? [];
      if (bundledDependencies.length > 0) {
        const stagedPackage = path.join(stagingRoot, `workspace-package-${index}`);
        await runCommand(process.execPath, [path.join(checkoutPath, "scripts", "prepare-bundled-package.mjs"), packageDir, stagedPackage], { cwd: checkoutPath, env: buildEnv(), maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024 });
        await runCommand("npm", ["pack", stagedPackage, "--pack-destination", stagingRoot], { cwd: checkoutPath, env: buildEnv(), maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024 });
      } else {
        await runCommand("corepack", ["pnpm", "--dir", workspacePackage.dir, "pack", "--pack-destination", stagingRoot], { cwd: checkoutPath, env: buildEnv({ PAPERCLIP_RELEASE_REUSE_UI_DIST: "1" }), maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024 });
      }
    }
    await runCommand("npm", ["pack", "--pack-destination", stagingRoot], { cwd: path.join(checkoutPath, "cli"), env: buildEnv(), maxBuffer: 16 * 1024 * 1024 });
    const tarballs = fs.readdirSync(stagingRoot).filter((entry) => entry.endsWith(".tgz"));
    const cliTarball = tarballs.find((entry) => entry === `paperclipai-${metadata.version}.tgz`);
    const workspaceTarballs = tarballs.filter((entry) => entry !== cliTarball);
    if (!cliTarball || workspaceTarballs.length !== workspacePackages.length) {
      throw new Error(`Git install packaging produced ${workspaceTarballs.length} workspace tarballs; expected ${workspacePackages.length}.`);
    }
    await runCommand("npm", ["install", "--prefix", stagedPayload, path.join(stagingRoot, cliTarball), ...workspaceTarballs.map((entry) => path.join(stagingRoot, entry)), "--no-audit", "--no-fund"], { cwd: stagingRoot, maxBuffer: 32 * 1024 * 1024 });
    await smokePayload(stagedPayload, metadata.version, runCommand);
    fs.renameSync(stagedPayload, payloadPath);
    return { payloadPath, reused: false, version: metadata.version };
  } finally { fs.rmSync(stagingRoot, { recursive: true, force: true }); }
}

function pathContains(directory: string): boolean {
  const normalized = path.resolve(directory);
  return (process.env.PATH ?? "").split(path.delimiter).filter(Boolean).some((entry) => path.resolve(entry) === normalized);
}

function shellRcPath(): string | null {
  const home = process.env.HOME;
  if (!home) return null;
  const shell = path.basename(process.env.SHELL ?? "");
  if (shell === "bash") return path.join(home, ".bashrc");

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/src/commands/install.ts:300 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of paperclipai/paperclip@67001ec6eb (2026-08-12). Data as JSON: /api/errors/da47e880bae3bc82. Report an issue: GitHub.