patchcord 0.5.47 → 0.5.48

package/bin/patchcord.mjs

@@ -386,12 +386,31 @@ if (!cmd || cmd === "install" || cmd === "agent" || cmd?.startsWith("--")) {
   // ── Install patchcord as a global CLI tool ───────────────────
   // Avoids relying on `npx patchcord subscribe` which is subject to npx
   // caching and supply-chain-protection min-release-age policies that
-  // cause npx to silently downgrade to an older version.
-  // --prefer-offline reuses what npx already downloaded — no extra network.
-  run(`npm install -g patchcord@${currentVersion} --prefer-offline`);
+  // silently downgrade to older cached versions.
+  // If npm install -g fails (e.g. system npm requires sudo), fall back to
+  // copying the package to a stable local path and writing a wrapper there.
+  // The fallback MUST NOT point to the npx cache — that gets swept on each install.
+  let globalCliInstalled = false;
+  try {
+    execSync(`npm install -g patchcord@${currentVersion}`, { stdio: "pipe" });
+    globalCliInstalled = true;
+  } catch {
+    try {
+      const stableDir = join(HOME, ".local", "share", "patchcord");
+      mkdirSync(stableDir, { recursive: true });
+      cpSync(pluginRoot, stableDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      const localBin = join(HOME, ".local", "bin");
+      mkdirSync(localBin, { recursive: true });
+      const wrapper = join(localBin, "patchcord");
+      writeFileSync(wrapper, `#!/bin/sh\nexec node "${join(stableDir, "bin", "patchcord.mjs")}" "$@"\n`);
+      chmodSync(wrapper, 0o755);
+      globalCliInstalled = true;
+    } catch {}
+  }
 
   // ── Global setup (silent if nothing changed) ──
   let globalChanges = [];
+  if (globalCliInstalled) globalChanges.push("Patchcord CLI installed globally");
 
   // Claude Code
   const hasClaude = run("which claude");

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "patchcord",
-  "version": "0.5.47",
+  "version": "0.5.48",
   "description": "Cross-machine agent messaging for Claude Code and Codex",
   "author": "ppravdin",
   "license": "MIT",