replace `enquirer+inquirer` with `@clack/prompts+launch-editor` by beeequeue · Pull Request #1879 · changesets/changesets

beeequeue · 2026-03-08T15:54:30Z

closes #1814
closes #1043
closes #1861
part of #1869

replaces enquirer with the slightly smaller and more modern @clack/prompts, whose API is also a lot nicer in my opinion

it also replaces @inquirer/external-editor with launch-editor, which is quite a lot smaller, works better in my experience, and is more flexible allowing us to remove the hack in packages/cli/src/commands/add/index.ts

should we remove the versions from the labels when selecting packages? it would be nice to minimize each item's size since the list(s) can get pretty big

things to do in follow-up PRs

replace remaining console logs with throwing errors or similar patterns #X
remove noop log silencer functions everywhere since logs are always silenced now #X
migrate from mri to cleye or gunshi #X
- implement dynamic text for intro step based on command being run

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cancelling at any point: https://asciinema.org/a/HxMUViS932Pwi5Oj

changeset add: https://asciinema.org/a/1JFbvyuuVbbfOjuy

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non-interactive (otp, oidc): https://asciinema.org/a/7tjKcMe3d1NNshUc

interactive (passkey): https://asciinema.org/a/yF9PEOwG2sROT5Zz

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Andarist · 2026-03-08T16:19:47Z

It would be great to include some before/after screenshots in the PR summary + call out behavior differences (if there are any)

Andarist · 2026-03-08T16:21:39Z

This will kinda also close #1043 and #1814

beeequeue · 2026-03-08T16:37:34Z

It would be great to include some before/after screenshots in the PR summary + call out behavior differences (if there are any)

yep, will add more info when theres more progress but for now i have one recording and will add more later

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❌ Patch coverage is 60.71429% with 88 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 83.93%. Comparing base (d165b4e) to head (d3bca0c).

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packages/cli/src/utils/askWithEditor.ts	0.00%	12 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
...ckages/cli/src/commands/publish/publishPackages.ts	63.33%	11 Missing ⚠️
packages/cli/src/commands/publish/index.ts	52.38%	10 Missing ⚠️
packages/cli/src/commands/publish/npm-utils.ts	0.00%	8 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
packages/cli/src/run.ts	36.36%	6 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
packages/cli/src/commands/add/createChangeset.ts	76.00%	5 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts	82.60%	4 Missing ⚠️
packages/cli/src/commands/add/index.ts	80.00%	3 Missing ⚠️
packages/cli/src/commands/version/index.ts	71.42%	2 Missing ⚠️
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beeequeue · 2026-03-12T10:31:31Z

Do we still need to handle v1 configs in v3 or should we just remove that code?

Andarist · 2026-03-12T11:01:02Z

iI think it's safe to remove any mentions of v1 configs from the codebase

beeequeue · 2026-03-12T11:09:59Z

i'm thinking that the log silencers for the tests should probably always be on and the functions removed, but that would be a ton of changes so i left them as-is in this PR

Andarist · 2026-03-25T11:49:09Z

@beeequeue could you sync this with next?

beeequeue · 2026-03-26T11:07:49Z

i added a section in the pr body for the current follow-ups that will be needed if we don't do them in this pr

Andarist · 2026-03-26T23:10:32Z

One extra thing we should do before landing this is to check out how the "delegated auth mode" renders now. It's when we spawn npm so it can handle OTP-related prompting. Would you be able to test that out?

beeequeue · 2026-03-27T13:51:26Z

im not sure how to trigger it, but when i tried to publish a package and it failed i got a very weird looking output:

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after i logged in and tried again it worked and looks a bit weird but okay-ish

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i think this is because i added the spinner after i migrated the npm publishing files, and didn't check how it affected them. i would love if we could use tasks for it but it would require larger refactoring of the publishing functions which is why i dropped that idea

we can use spyOn and never clean it up since it's isolated to each file

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beeequeue changed the title ~~(wip) replace enquirer+inquirer with @clack/prompts+launch-editor~~ replace enquirer+inquirer with @clack/prompts+launch-editor Mar 12, 2026

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upgrade eslint to v10 and update config #1876

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beeequeue and others added 22 commits April 30, 2026 12:27

migrate final usages of logger in cli

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remove logger from config

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fix tests again

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use new colors in get-dependents-graph

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split up line for readability

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improve tag command logs

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fix change type colors

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reuse console.error spy in tests

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update lock file

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refactor cancelFlow

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remove success outro

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fix printing errors

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update clack

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rework package publishing logs

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fix tests on windows

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[Request] autocompleteMultiselect Grouping bombshell-dev/clack#524

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Sort packages alphabetically in changeset add prompt #1122

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replace picocolors with node:util styleText #1949

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[Request] groupMultiselect scroll support bombshell-dev/clack#526

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