@matterailab/orbcode 0.1.6 → 0.1.8

package/dist/index.js

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Usage:
   orbcode "<prompt>"      start an interactive session with an initial prompt
   orbcode login           sign in to MatterAI
   orbcode update          install the latest version from npm
+  orbcode update --force  force a global install even if this CLI doesn't look global
   orbcode -p "<prompt>"   run a single prompt non-interactively (prints only the final response)
   orbcode -p "…" --yolo   non-interactive with auto-approved edits/commands
   orbcode --model <id>    use a specific model for this run
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ Usage:
   orbcode --help          show this help
 `);
 }
-async function runUpdate() {
+async function runUpdate(force) {
     const latest = await fetchLatestNpmVersion(PACKAGE_NAME);
     if (latest === null) {
         console.error("Could not reach the npm registry. Check your network connection and try again.");
@@ -34,13 +35,18 @@ async function runUpdate() {
     }
     console.log(`Updating ${PRODUCT_NAME} v${VERSION} → v${latest}…`);
     const global = isGlobalInstall();
-    if (!global) {
+    if (!global && !force) {
         const root = await getGlobalInstallRoot();
-        console.error(`This CLI was not installed globally (argv[1] = ${process.argv[1] || "<unknown>"}).\n` +
+        console.error(`This CLI was not installed globally (entrypoint = ${process.argv[1] || import.meta.url || "<unknown>"}).\n` +
             `To update a local/dev install, run \`npm install -g ${PACKAGE_NAME}@latest\` manually, or \`npm install\` inside the source checkout.` +
             (root ? `\nGlobal install root detected at: ${root}` : ""));
         return 1;
     }
+    if (!global && force) {
+        const root = await getGlobalInstallRoot();
+        console.warn(`Warning: forcing global install even though this CLI doesn't look like a global install.` +
+            (root ? ` Detected global root: ${root}.` : ""));
+    }
     clearUpdateCache();
     const code = await runNpmUpdate(PACKAGE_NAME);
     if (code === 0) {
@@ -72,7 +78,8 @@ async function main() {
         return;
     }
     if (args[0] === "update") {
-        const code = await runUpdate();
+        const force = args.includes("--force") || args.includes("-f");
+        const code = await runUpdate(force);
         process.exit(code);
     }
     const model = takeFlagValue(args, "model") ?? takeFlagValue(args, "m");

package/dist/utils/updateCheck.js

@@ -142,11 +142,30 @@ export function runNpmUpdate(pkg) {
  * update command can surface a friendlier message for local/dev installs.
  */
 export function isGlobalInstall() {
-    // When installed via `npm i -g @matterailab/orbcode`, the entrypoint lives
-    // somewhere like <global root>/node_modules/@matterailab/orbcode/...
-    const here = process.argv[1] || "";
+    // argv[1] is whatever the shell handed to node, which is the *symlink* path
+    // (`<prefix>/bin/orbcode`) for a global npm install — not the real file. We
+    // have to resolve symlinks; otherwise the `node_modules/@matterailab/...`
+    // substring never appears and a perfectly valid global install looks local.
+    const here = resolveEntrypoint();
     return /node_modules[\\/]@matterailab[\\/]orbcode/.test(here);
 }
+function resolveEntrypoint() {
+    const argvPath = process.argv[1];
+    if (argvPath) {
+        try {
+            return fs.realpathSync(argvPath);
+        }
+        catch {
+            // fall through to import.meta.url
+        }
+    }
+    // import.meta.url is the real file:// URL of the running module, which
+    // already points inside node_modules for a global install.
+    if (typeof import.meta.url === "string" && import.meta.url) {
+        return import.meta.url;
+    }
+    return "";
+}
 /** Best-effort: run `npm root -g` so we can show the install location. */
 export async function getGlobalInstallRoot() {
     try {

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@matterailab/orbcode",
-  "version": "0.1.6",
+  "version": "0.1.8",
   "description": "OrbCode CLI — agentic coding in your terminal, powered by Axon models by MatterAI",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {