I’m running issues when running block release to deploy my Airtable app.

I’m using npm workspaces as I develop my Custom Airtable App since I’m using a monorepo to make code management and sharing convenient.

Here’s the basic folder structure for my project:

• 
  
  project_root/
  
  
  
  
  
  • 
    
    packages/ - houses workspaces
    
    
    
    
    
    • 
      
      common/
      
      
      
      
      
      • contains code shared by airtable_app and server workspaces
      
      
      
      • package name: @shoptable/common
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    • 
      
      airtable_app/ - contains the airtable block app
    
    
    
    • 
      
      server/ - another workspace
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  

Here are the steps I take before running block release:

1. 
   
   npm i from project_root
   
   



2. cd packages/airtable_app



3. block release

I run into the following error:

building


copying package.json file


copying package-lock.json file





 Error: package-lock.json does not exist!


Failed to build the block code!

There’s only a package-lock.json generated at the project_root level. How can I get around this issue with my development environment?

Current Workaround

The only way I’ve found that works is to run npm pack on my @shoptable/common package and reference it in airtable_app/package.json's dependencies as such:

{


...


  "@shoptable/common": "file:../common/shoptable-common-1.0.0.tgz",


...


}

This isn’t ideal given that during development I’d like to simply refer to the workspace via the version number so as to make sure that I have the latest changes I’m working on.

Is there a better way to run block release given my monorepo setup?

Other things I’ve tried that didn’t work

In airtable_app/package.json I’ve tried declaring @shoptable/common as a local dependency like so:

{


...


  "@shoptable/common": "file:../common",


...


}

And then running npm i from within the airtable_app/ dir. This gets me a little further but I get the following failure after running :

building


copying package.json file


copying package-lock.json file


installing node modules


 npm]


>npm] added 164 packages, and audited 166 packages in 2s


anpm]


>npm] 6 packages are looking for funding


gnpm]   run `npm fund` for details


`npm]


>npm] found 0 vulnerabilities


transpiling and building frontend bundle


Bundle Error: Cannot find module '@shoptable/common' from '/private/var/folders/1t/rfq1yymx391fmcn0lj_9trm80000gn/T/airtableBlocks/build/1622060082006/transpiled/user/src'





 Error: Cannot find module '@shoptable/common' from '/private/var/folders/1t/rfq1yymx391fmcn0lj_9trm80000gn/T/airtableBlocks/build/1622060082006/transpiled/user/src'


Failed to build the block code!