Use zsh functions to create command line alias that determines local package manager and runs the corrrect comamnd: bun, pnpm, npm, or yarn.

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this make the way i use package manager more lazier. thank a lot!
<pre><code class="language-bash">function _package_manager() {
	if [[ -f bun.lockb ]]; then
		command bun &quot;$@&quot;
	elif [[ -f pnpm-lock.yaml ]]; then
		command pnpm &quot;$@&quot;
	elif [[ -f yarn.lock ]]; then
		command yarn &quot;$@&quot;
	elif [[ -f package-lock.json ]]; then
		command npm &quot;$@&quot;
	else
		command pnpm &quot;$@&quot;
	fi
}

alias p=&#x27;_package_manager&#x27;
alias pi=&#x27;_package_manager install&#x27;
alias pa=&#x27;_package_manager add&#x27;
alias pad=&#x27;_package_manager add -D&#x27;
alias prm=&#x27;_package_manager remove&#x27;
alias pb=&#x27;_package_manager build&#x27;
</code></pre>

i just use <a href="github.com/antfu/ni" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">antfu/ni</a>

I am forced to use yarn at work and for my projects I use pnpm. I always type the wrong one, thanks for sharing this!

this is so good, so so so good…
thanks.

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