fix(npm): use symlink in node_modules/.bin

- removes npm dependency on `tmp`
- simplifies logic originally sourced from the esbuild install flow
- favor a symlink over a hardlink to avoid the npm error referenced in the issue

Closes #115

Author: EricCrosson

npm/binary-install.js

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Binary {
     }
     this.url = url;
     this.name = name;
-    this.installDirectory = join(__dirname,  "../@typescript-tools/rust-implementation/bin");
+    this.installDirectory = join(__dirname,  "../bin");
 
     if (!existsSync(this.installDirectory)) {
       mkdirSync(this.installDirectory, { recursive: true });

npm/install.js

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
-const tmp = require('tmp')
 const getBinary = require('./get-binary')
 
 const binaryName = 'monorepo'
@@ -13,25 +12,17 @@ const nodeModulesBinDir = path.resolve(nodeModulesDir, '.bin')
 // Link the downloaded binary into the node_modules/.bin directory.
 // Inspiration from https://github.com/evanw/esbuild/releases/tag/v0.13.4
 const linkBinaryIntoBin = () => {
-  const tempPath = tmp.tmpNameSync({ tmpdir: nodeModulesBinDir })
   const existingPath = path.resolve(downloadDir, binaryName)
   const desiredPath = path.resolve(nodeModulesBinDir, binaryName)
 
-  // First, link the binary with a temporary file. If this fails and throw an error,
-  // then we'll end up doing nothing. This uses a hard link to avoid taking up
-  // additional space on the file system.
-  fs.linkSync(existingPath, tempPath)
-
-  // Then use rename to atomically replace the target file with the temporary file.
-  // If this fails and throws an error, we'll end up leaving the temporary file there,
-  // which is harmless.
-  fs.renameSync(tempPath, desiredPath)
+  fs.symlinkSync(existingPath, desiredPath)
 
   // By default, the downloaded file preserves the mtime of the binary created by GitHub
   // Actions. For a seamless GNU Make experience on local machines, we want to update the
   // mtime of this binary to the time of download.
   const now = new Date()
   fs.utimesSync(desiredPath, now, now)
+  fs.utimesSync(existingPath, now, now)
 }
 
 // Downloaded binary to /bin/{ name }

package-lock.json

@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": "0.26.1",
     "rimraf": "3.0.2",
-    "tar": "6.1.11",
-    "tmp": "0.2.1"
+    "tar": "6.1.11"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@codedependant/semantic-release-docker": "4.0.0",