How to create a monorepo

MONOREPO.md

How to create a monorepo

1. Create the root folder:

mkdir monorepo

2. Create monorepo's package.json:

nano monorepo/package.json

3. with following contents:

{
  "name": "@project/monorepo",
  "private": "true",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "workspaces": [
    "packages/*",
    "apps/*"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "bun": "latest",
    "bun-types": "latest",
    "typescript": "latest"
  }
}

4. Create workspace package folder:

mkdir -p monorepo/packages/package-a

5. Create the package's package.json:

nano monorepo/packages/package-a/package.json

6. With follwoing content:

{
  "name": "@project/package-a",
  "private": "true",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "bun": "latest",
    "bun-types": "latest",
    "typescript": "latest"
  }
}

7. Create monorepo's app folder:

mkdir -p monorepo/apps/app-a

8. Create the app's package.json:

nano monorepo/apps/app-a/package.json

9. With the following content:

{
  "name": "@project/app-a",
  "private": "true",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "bun": "latest",
    "bun-types": "latest",
    "typescript": "latest"
  }
}

10. Install the monorepo's dependencies by running bun install from the monorepo's root folder:

cd monorepo && bun install