buildwithtrace 0.1.3 → 0.1.4

package/bin/buildwithtrace.js

@@ -33,7 +33,15 @@ function run() {
     process.exit(result.status ?? 1);
   }
 
-  // Fallback: try system-installed buildwithtrace
+  // Fallback: try system-installed buildwithtrace. Say so out loud (stderr,
+  // one line) — the system copy may be a DIFFERENT version than this npm
+  // package pins, and a silent swap is exactly the confusion doctor warns about.
+  const pkgVersion = require("../package.json").version;
+  console.error(
+    `[buildwithtrace] npm-managed venv not found; falling back to the system ` +
+      `'buildwithtrace' on PATH (may differ from the npm package v${pkgVersion}). ` +
+      `Run \`npm rebuild -g buildwithtrace\` to repair the venv.`
+  );
   const cmd = process.platform === "win32" ? "buildwithtrace.exe" : "buildwithtrace";
   const result = spawnSync(cmd, args, {
     stdio: "inherit",

package/install.js

@@ -151,6 +151,14 @@ async function main() {
     process.exit(0);
   }
 
+  // Stamp the install origin so `buildwithtrace --version` / `doctor` label
+  // this copy "(npm)" even if the venv lives at a non-default cache path.
+  try {
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(VENV_DIR, "trace-install-origin"), "npm\n");
+  } catch {
+    // Best-effort: the path heuristic still recognizes the default location.
+  }
+
   log("Installation complete! Run `buildwithtrace --help` to get started.");
 }
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "buildwithtrace",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "description": "AI-powered PCB design CLI. Design, review, convert, and manufacture circuit boards from your terminal.",
   "bin": {
     "buildwithtrace": "./bin/buildwithtrace.js"