Prerequisites

• I'm using the latest version
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Reproduction url

https://github.com/WooWan/knip-workspace-reproduction

Reproduction access

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Description of the issue

Knip fails to discover a workspace that is explicitly included after a negated workspace pattern.

Reproduction repo:

https://github.com/WooWan/knip-workspace-reproduction

pnpm install
pnpm knip:reproduction

The repro uses:

packages:
  - "!packages/*"
  - "packages/should-include"

and:

"knip:reproduction": "knip --workspace packages/should-include"

Expected: Knip should discover and analyze packages/should-include.

Actual: Knip does not treat packages/should-include as an available workspace, so it cannot be selected with --workspace.

It looks like Knip separates negated workspace patterns and applies them as global ignore patterns. Because of that, later positive patterns cannot include workspaces again.

Expected behavior: Knip should preserve workspace pattern ordering/re-inclusion semantics where supported by the package manager, or clearly report that this pattern shape is unsupported.