* fix: fail fast with clear error when package manager is not installed
When PMG shims intercept a package manager that isn't installed (e.g. a
clean JAMF-provisioned laptop where PMG is set up before dev tooling),
real-binary resolution failed with a generic "unknown" error and a
bug-report link, making it look like PMG itself had crashed.
Introduce a typed BinaryNotFoundError that exits with code 127 (standard
"command not found") and maps to a new PackageManagerNotFound error code
with an actionable message instead of the Unknown classification.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix: improve missing package manager help message
Use a concise, dynamic install hint instead of explaining PMG's
PATH forwarding internals.
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
* fix: mention PATH in missing package manager help text
Covers the common case where a package manager is installed but its bin
directory is not on PATH yet (e.g. after curl | bash install).
Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
runner.Execute was not filtering ~/.pmg/bin from the environment
passed to child processes. This caused two bugs:
1. Sandboxed commands (bubblewrap) inherited the unfiltered PATH,
so child processes resolved package manager binaries to the shim
instead of the real binary, causing "file not found" errors.
2. Direct pmg invocations (pmg npm install) would spawn subprocess
that find the shim in PATH, causing infinite recursion (shim →
pmg → shim → pmg) until the system runs out of OS threads.
The proxy flow already filtered the environment via setupEnvForProxy
and FilterPMGFromEnv. This applies the same filtering to the
non-proxy execute path.
* feat: add FilterPMGFromPath utility for PATH shim recursion prevention
* feat: add FilterPMGFromEnv to filter PATH from env slices
* feat: filter ~/.pmg/bin from PATH in proxy subprocess env
* feat: add PathExport method to Shell interface for shim PATH integration
* feat: add ShimManager for PATH shim install/remove lifecycle
* feat: wire ShimManager into setup commands with --use-aliases fallback
* refactor: add DefaultShimConfig helper to reduce setup boilerplate
* fix: resolve real binary path to prevent shim double-invocation
exec.CommandContext resolves the binary using the current process PATH,
which still contains ~/.pmg/bin. This caused pmg to launch the shim
instead of the real package manager, resulting in a second pmg instance
with its own proxy — producing duplicate error messages and wasted work.
ResolveRealBinary searches a filtered PATH (without ~/.pmg/bin) to find
the real package manager binary before execution.
* fix: resolve real binary in runner.Execute and expand path resolution tests
Ensure guard mode and proxy skip paths also resolve through
ResolveRealBinary to prevent infinite shim recursion. Add table-driven
tests covering error cases, multi-binary PATH, and PATH restoration.
* fix: handle error return values from os.Setenv and file Close calls
Address errcheck lint failures: check os.Setenv returns in
ResolveRealBinary, and check f.Close/tempFile.Close in ShimManager.
* feat: auto-migrate shell aliases to PATH shims on setup install
When running `pmg setup install`, detect existing shell aliases and
automatically remove them before installing shims. Existing users
get a seamless migration with no extra flags or commands needed.
* fix: update E2E test to verify shim installation instead of alias RC file
Replace the .pmg.rc file check with assertions that ~/.pmg/bin/ exists
and contains executable shim scripts for npm and pip.
* feat: add FilterPMGFromPath utility for PATH shim recursion prevention
* feat: add FilterPMGFromEnv to filter PATH from env slices
* feat: filter ~/.pmg/bin from PATH in proxy subprocess env
* feat: add PathExport method to Shell interface for shim PATH integration
* feat: add ShimManager for PATH shim install/remove lifecycle
* feat: wire ShimManager into setup commands with --use-aliases fallback
* refactor: add DefaultShimConfig helper to reduce setup boilerplate
* fix: resolve real binary path to prevent shim double-invocation
exec.CommandContext resolves the binary using the current process PATH,
which still contains ~/.pmg/bin. This caused pmg to launch the shim
instead of the real package manager, resulting in a second pmg instance
with its own proxy — producing duplicate error messages and wasted work.
ResolveRealBinary searches a filtered PATH (without ~/.pmg/bin) to find
the real package manager binary before execution.
* fix: resolve real binary in runner.Execute and expand path resolution tests
Ensure guard mode and proxy skip paths also resolve through
ResolveRealBinary to prevent infinite shim recursion. Add table-driven
tests covering error cases, multi-binary PATH, and PATH restoration.
* fix: handle error return values from os.Setenv and file Close calls
Address errcheck lint failures: check os.Setenv returns in
ResolveRealBinary, and check f.Close/tempFile.Close in ShimManager.
* feat: auto-migrate shell aliases to PATH shims on setup install
When running `pmg setup install`, detect existing shell aliases and
automatically remove them before installing shims. Existing users
get a seamless migration with no extra flags or commands needed.
* fix: update E2E test to verify shim installation instead of alias RC file
Replace the .pmg.rc file check with assertions that ~/.pmg/bin/ exists
and contains executable shim scripts for npm and pip.
* feat: install both aliases and shims for full coverage
Aliases win in interactive shells (including venvs), shims catch
non-interactive contexts (IDEs, CI, subprocesses). Remove --use-aliases
flag and migration logic since both are always installed together.
Update E2E to verify all shim scripts and alias RC file.
* feat: address review feedback for shim implementation
- Install both aliases and shims together for full coverage
- Move homeDir resolution into NewDefaultShimManager (internal concern)
- Add mutex to ResolveRealBinary to guard against concurrent PATH mutation
- Use filepath.SplitList for platform-correct PATH splitting
- Add ResolveRealBinary to runner.Execute and proxy flow to prevent
shim recursion in all execution paths
- Remove print side-effects from ShimManager.Remove
- Update E2E to verify all shim scripts and alias RC file
- Expand ResolveRealBinary tests with table-driven cases
* fix: restore errcheck handling and add concurrency test for ResolveRealBinary
- Restore proper defer with log.Warnf for PATH restoration in ResolveRealBinary
- Restore errcheck handling for f.Close() and tempFile.Close() in ShimManager
- Add explanatory comment for ResolveRealBinary call in proxy_flow
- Add TestResolveRealBinaryConcurrent to verify mutex guards concurrent access
* feat: skip shell integration on Windows with informative warning
On Windows, pmg setup install now writes only the config file and
prints a warning that shell aliases and PATH shims require WSL.
* fix: PMG use pre-resolved binary path (#253)
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Co-authored-by: Abhisek Datta <abhisek.datta@gmail.com>
* feat: Add proxy_install_only config to restrict proxy to download commands
Introduces proxy_install_only (default: false) which, when enabled,
skips the proxy for package manager commands that do not download
packages (e.g. npm ls, pip list), avoiding unnecessary MITM overhead.
- Add ProxyInstallOnly to Config and config template
- Add IsKnownDownloadCommand / MayDownloadPackages to ParsedCommand
- Add DownloadCommands to npm and pypi PM configs covering update,
ci, audit, dlx, exec, x, download, run and equivalents per PM
- Extract shared runner.Execute used by both proxy flow and guard
- Proxy flow short-circuits to runner.Execute for non-download commands
when proxy_install_only=true
* refactor: Inject CommandExecutor into guard to fix dependency direction
guard depended on internal/runner, which inverted the intended layer
hierarchy. Now guard defines a CommandExecutor function type and accepts
it as a constructor argument. internal/flows (the composition root)
creates the executor closure wrapping runner.Execute and injects it,
keeping guard free of internal/ dependencies.
* refactor: Invert proxy_install_only logic to use known non-download commands
Replace the DownloadCommands allowlist (opt-in, fail-open) with a
NonDownloadCommands denylist (opt-out, fail-safe). The proxy now runs
for all commands except those explicitly known to not download packages.
Unknown or future package manager subcommands default to running with
the proxy.
Includes script runners (run, start, test, stop, restart) that can spin
up local servers — setting proxy env vars on these breaks them without
providing any security benefit. Also covers removal commands and local
operations that never contact the registry.
* fix: Support PMG_* env vars regardless of config file state
AutomaticEnv only resolves env vars for keys Viper already knows about
via AllKeys(). When a key is absent from the config file (commented out,
new key added after last setup, or no config file at all), Viper had no
knowledge of it and silently skipped the env var.
Fix by registering all Config struct fields as Viper defaults via
reflection (using mapstructure tags) before reading the config file.
This ensures PMG_* env vars work in all cases.
Precedence: cobra flags > env vars > config file > defaults.
SetDefault is used (not Set) so env vars and config file can still
override the Go defaults freely.
Tests added covering all precedence levels including the key-absent-
from-config-file case that was the original bug report.
* fix: Only check first non-flag arg against NonDownloadCommands
Scanning all args caused false proxy bypasses when package names or
script arguments matched a NonDownloadCommands entry. For example:
- npm exec test → "test" matched, proxy incorrectly skipped
- npm update config → "config" matched, proxy skipped
- npm publish --tag version → "version" matched, proxy skipped
Fix by checking only the first non-flag argument (the subcommand).
If it is not in NonDownloadCommands we break immediately, so trailing
args never influence the classification. Applied to all four parsers:
npm, pip/pip3, uv, and poetry.
Regression tests added for the false positive cases.
* refactor: Replace reflection-based Viper defaults with embedded template
Load the embedded config template as the Viper base so all keys are
registered upfront, enabling PMG_* env vars to work regardless of
whether a key exists in the user's config file.
* fix: Restore trusted_packages template entry and revert DefaultConfig change
* docs: Document environment variable overrides for config keys
* update npm test cmd
* refactor: extract shared non-download command detection helper
Replaces duplicated first-non-flag-arg detection loops in npm.go and
pypi.go (pip + poetry parsers) with a shared isFirstNonFlagArgInList
helper in packagemanager.go.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01AHaKF3vc2Haj9tK3jgUBAs
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Co-authored-by: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
