Run scripts in selected monorepo packages with pnpm --filter, including only packages changed since a git ref

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Documented steps

  1. Target one package by name: pnpm --filter "@scope/pkg" test (scope can be omitted if unambiguous); glob patterns work too: --filter "@babel/*".
  2. Use ellipsis for graph selection: --filter "foo..." = foo plus all its dependencies; --filter "...foo" = foo plus all packages that depend on it; add ^ to exclude foo itself ("foo^..." = dependencies only, "...^foo" = dependents only).
  3. Select by directory: --filter "./packages/**" includes all projects under that path; combine with relations via --filter "...{./packages/ui}".
  4. Select only packages changed since a commit/branch: --filter "[origin/main]"; combine with ellipsis to also run their dependents: --filter "...[origin/main]" — the standard 'test what my PR affects' invocation.
  5. Exclude with a leading !: --filter "!foo" or --filter "!./lib". Stack multiple filters in one command: pnpm --filter ...foo --filter bar test.
  6. Docs: https://pnpm.io/filtering

Known gotchas

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