Workspace detection

Patterns are read from the first of these that yields at least one pattern:

1. pnpm-workspace.yaml (packages:)
2. package.json (workspaces, either an array or workspaces.packages)
3. lerna.json (packages; ["packages/*"] when the field is missing)

If none of them yields a pattern, the root package.json is used as a single-package fallback.

With pnpm-workspace.yaml, the root package is also included even when packages: does not list it, matching pnpm, which always treats the workspace root as part of the workspace. With package.json workspaces or lerna.json, the root is not added.

Pattern syntax

Patterns are relative to the repository root.

• * matches within one directory level, ? matches one character.
• ** matches any number of directory levels; apps/** also matches apps itself.
• A leading ! removes directories matched by the other patterns.

node_modules, .git, dist, build, coverage and .turbo are never searched.

A matched directory counts as a package when its package.json has a non-empty name. If two directories have the same package name, the first one (in path order) is used.

Which packages are registered

Packages marked "private": true are always excluded, then --only / --exclude are applied (see Options). On a real (non-dry) run, packages not yet published to the registry are skipped with a warning.