create-apollo-monorepo 0.6.1 → 0.7.0

package/index.mjs

@@ -246,6 +246,20 @@ function preflight(flags) {
     success("pnpm found");
   }
 
+  // bun is required at runtime by apps/backend (apollo-cms): db:push, db:seed,
+  // dev:cron, plugins:build, the upgrade pipeline, and pre-commit hooks all
+  // shell out to `bun`. The scaffold itself works without bun, but `pnpm dev`,
+  // `pnpm backend:setup`, and `pnpm backend:upgrade` will fail without it.
+  if (!commandExists("bun")) {
+    warn(
+      "bun not found — required by apps/backend for db:push, db:seed, dev:cron,\n" +
+        "       plugins:build, and the upgrade pipeline.\n" +
+        "       Install: curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash  (or: brew install bun)",
+    );
+  } else {
+    success("bun found");
+  }
+
   const targetDir = resolve(flags.directory);
   if (existsSync(targetDir)) {
     fatal(`Directory already exists: ${targetDir}\n  Choose a different name or remove it first.`);
@@ -334,8 +348,13 @@ function writeRootPackageJson(targetDir, dirName) {
       // (production uses Vercel Cron via apps/backend/vercel.json).
       "predev:setup":
         "pnpm cms-plugins:build && pnpm --filter ./apps/backend exec bun run plugins:build",
+      // `pnpm dev` runs FE + BE Next.js dev servers (which watch their own
+      // src/) plus a parallel cms-plugins watcher, so editing
+      // apps/cms-plugins/<slug>/index.ts triggers an esbuild incremental
+      // rebuild and the backend's plugin loader picks up the fresh
+      // dist/server.mjs on next request.
       dev:
-        "pnpm predev:setup && concurrently -k -n FE,BE -c blue,magenta \"pnpm --filter ./apps/frontend dev\" \"pnpm --filter ./apps/backend exec next dev\"",
+        "pnpm predev:setup && concurrently -k -n FE,BE,PL -c blue,magenta,yellow \"pnpm --filter ./apps/frontend dev\" \"pnpm --filter ./apps/backend exec next dev\" \"pnpm cms-plugins:dev\"",
       "dev:frontend": "pnpm --filter ./apps/frontend dev",
       "dev:backend":
         "pnpm predev:setup && pnpm --filter ./apps/backend exec next dev",
@@ -345,6 +364,8 @@ function writeRootPackageJson(targetDir, dirName) {
         "pnpm cms-plugins:build && pnpm --filter ./apps/backend exec bun run plugins:build && pnpm --filter ./apps/backend build && pnpm --filter ./apps/frontend build",
       "cms-plugins:build":
         "pnpm --filter './apps/cms-plugins/*' --parallel --if-present build",
+      "cms-plugins:dev":
+        "pnpm --filter './apps/cms-plugins/*' --parallel --if-present dev",
       "cms-plugin:new": "node scripts/new-cms-plugin.mjs",
       lint: "pnpm -r lint",
       typecheck: "pnpm -r typecheck",
@@ -727,6 +748,11 @@ function writeExampleCmsPlugin(targetDir, dirName) {
     },
     scripts: {
       build: "node ./build.mjs",
+      // `dev` is the watcher entry — `pnpm dev` from the monorepo root fans
+      // out to it via `cms-plugins:dev`, so editing index.ts triggers an
+      // incremental rebuild and the backend's plugin loader picks up the new
+      // dist/server.mjs on the next request.
+      dev: "node ./build.mjs --watch",
     },
     devDependencies: {
       esbuild: "^0.24.0",
@@ -735,9 +761,12 @@ function writeExampleCmsPlugin(targetDir, dirName) {
   writeFileSync(resolve(pluginDir, "package.json"), JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2) + "\n");
 
   // Tiny zero-config build: bundle index.ts → dist/server.mjs as ESM Node.
-  const buildMjs = `import { build } from "esbuild";
+  // Pass --watch to keep esbuild's context alive and rebuild on file changes.
+  const buildMjs = `import { context, build } from "esbuild";
 
-await build({
+const watch = process.argv.includes("--watch");
+
+const options = {
   entryPoints: ["./index.ts"],
   outfile: "./dist/server.mjs",
   format: "esm",
@@ -748,7 +777,15 @@ await build({
   // backend at runtime via the loader's dynamic import().
   external: ["@/*", "next", "react", "react-dom"],
   logLevel: "info",
-});
+};
+
+if (watch) {
+  const ctx = await context(options);
+  await ctx.watch();
+  console.log("[cms-plugin] watching index.ts → dist/server.mjs");
+} else {
+  await build(options);
+}
 `;
   writeFileSync(resolve(pluginDir, "build.mjs"), buildMjs);
 

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-apollo-monorepo",
-  "version": "0.6.1",
+  "version": "0.7.0",
   "description": "Scaffold a monorepo with a frontend app and Apollo CMS as a git submodule backend (single-origin via Next.js rewrites + assetPrefix)",
   "bin": {
     "create-apollo-monorepo": "index.mjs"