npm not working in netlify.toml config

[cj]

When I run netlify dev with the following netlify.toml:

[build]
  publish = "dist"
  command = "npm run build"
[dev]
  command = "npm run dev"
  port = 8080
  publish = "dist"

I get the following error:

If I change it to use yarn it works:

[build]
  publish = "dist"
  command = "npm run build"
[dev]
  command = "yarn dev"
  port = 8080
  publish = "dist"

version: netlify-cli/2.11.7 darwin-x64 node-v11.12.0

[cj]

Here is that log file:

0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [ '/usr/local/Cellar/node/11.12.0/bin/node',
1 verbose cli   '/usr/local/bin/npm',
1 verbose cli   'run',
1 verbose cli   'run',
1 verbose cli   'dev' ]
2 info using [email protected]
3 info using [email protected]
4 verbose stack Error: missing script: run
4 verbose stack     at run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/run-script.js:155:19)
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/run-script.js:63:5
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:115:5
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:418:5
4 verbose stack     at checkBinReferences_ (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:373:45)
4 verbose stack     at final (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:416:3)
4 verbose stack     at then (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:160:5)
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/read-package-json/read-json.js:364:12
4 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/graceful-fs/graceful-fs.js:90:16
4 verbose stack     at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterClose [as oncomplete] (internal/fs/read_file_context.js:54:3)
5 verbose cwd /Users/cj/apps/yah/pika/yah
6 verbose Darwin 18.5.0
7 verbose argv "/usr/local/Cellar/node/11.12.0/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "run" "run" "dev"
8 verbose node v11.12.0
9 verbose npm  v6.7.0
10 error missing script: run
11 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

[shortdiv]

The plugin might be having issues with the way you're specifying the build in the dev block. Because of the way the plugin is implemented, the build command should be written [npm/yarn] [build script].

So try

[dev]
  command = "npm dev"

instead of

[dev]
  command = "npm run dev"

[cj]

@shortdiv thanks for the reply!

That does work, however, I think it's still a bug. npm dev from the command line is not valid and the [build] option lets you write command = "npm run build" which works and is correct.

[shortdiv]

Good point! Do you want to submit a PR to fix this? :) Happy to offer guidance if you're interested!