pnpm pm

The pnpm pm <command> syntax always runs the built-in pnpm command, bypassing any same-named script in package.json.

Some built-in commands can be overridden by scripts. For example, if your project defines a "clean" script in package.json, then pnpm clean runs that script instead of the built-in pnpm clean. Using pnpm pm clean forces the built-in command to run.

These commands run a same-named script when one exists:

• clean and its alias purge
• rebuild and its alias rb
• deploy
• setup
• tasks

An alias looks up its own script name, so pnpm rb runs an rb script, not a rebuild script.

Inside a workspace, running one of these commands from a subdirectory fails with ERR_PNPM_SCRIPT_OVERRIDE_IN_WORKSPACE_ROOT when the root package.json has a script of that name. Run pnpm pm <command> to use the built-in command, or pnpm run <command> from the workspace root to run the script.

Example#

{
  "scripts": {
    "clean": "rm -rf dist"
  }
}

# Runs the "clean" script from package.json
pnpm clean
# or explicitly:
pnpm run clean

# Runs the built-in pnpm clean command
pnpm pm clean