fix(deps): drop @octokit/rest and inquirer-autocomplete-prompt by paulo · Pull Request #8549 · netlify/cli

paulo · 2026-10-02T07:33:38Z

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The installed CLI is about 340 MB. This PR removes two dependencies that cost far more than they give us:

Removed	Replaced with	Why it was heavy
`@octokit/rest`	`src/utils/github-api.ts`, a small `fetch` wrapper	Mostly `@octokit/openapi-types` (types only, 3 copies) for the 7 endpoints we call
`inquirer-autocomplete-prompt` (+ `@types/…`)	`@inquirer/search` (580 KB)	Ships its own copy of rxjs 6 (~17 MB on disk)

Measured by installing a packed tarball with --ignore-scripts on macOS arm64: 342 MB → 310 MB, 30 fewer packages, about 3,600 fewer files. #8551 is stacked on this PR, moves the remaining prompts off inquirer, and brings the total to 288 MB.

GitHub client

requestGitHub<T>(token, method, path, { query, body }) throws an HttpError-named error carrying status, so the existing 404 handling still works.
It keeps Octokit's exact output:
- message format: <message>[: <errors>][ - <documentation_url>]
- the v3 Accept header
- the application/json; charset=utf-8 body type
Users see the same errors as before, and addDeployHook still detects Hook already exists on this repository.
Call sites in gh-auth.ts, create-action.ts and init/config-github.ts now pass the token around instead of an Octokit instance.

Search prompt

Converted the workspace picker (base-command.ts), the multiple-frameworks prompt (build-info.ts) and the template picker (functions-create.ts).
functions-create uses @inquirer/search's Separator. inquirer 8's Separator would render as undefined in the new prompt.
Ctrl+C makes @inquirer/search reject with ExitPromptError. BaseCommand.onEnd now exits with a new EXIT_CODES.INTERRUPTED (130) and prints nothing, which matches a SIGINT-terminated process. On main, Ctrl+C at any prompt exits 13 with an "unsettled top-level await" warning.

Known UX difference

@inquirer/search doesn't wrap around: pressing ↑ on the first item stays there instead of jumping to the last. The library hardcodes this. Typing to filter and ↓ navigation behave the same.

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- Interactive workspace and template selection now uses searchable prompts.
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The pull request adds a fetch-based GitHub REST API helper and migrates GitHub authentication and repository setup calls to use it. It replaces autocomplete prompts with @inquirer/search for workspace, function-template, and settings selection. It also adds an interrupted exit code and handles prompt cancellation in BaseCommand.

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Replace @octokit/rest with a small fetch-based GitHub client covering the handful of endpoints the CLI calls, and replace inquirer-autocomplete-prompt with @inquirer/search. Together they remove ~32 MB, 30 packages and ~3,600 files from the installed CLI.

Keep 'HttpError: <message> - <documentation_url>' output, the v3 Accept header and the JSON charset that Octokit sent, so error output and requests are unchanged for users.

@inquirer/search rejects with ExitPromptError on Ctrl+C, which surfaced as a logged error with exit code 1. Exit with a new INTERRUPTED (130) code instead, matching a SIGINT-terminated process.

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refactor: migrate all prompts from inquirer to @inquirer/prompts #8551

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fix: match Octokit error message and request headers in GitHub client

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Keep 'HttpError: <message> - <documentation_url>' output, the v3 Accept header and the JSON charset that Octokit sent, so error output and requests are unchanged for users.

fix: exit quietly when a search prompt is cancelled with Ctrl+C

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@inquirer/search rejects with ExitPromptError on Ctrl+C, which surfaced as a logged error with exit code 1. Exit with a new INTERRUPTED (130) code instead, matching a SIGINT-terminated process.

paulo force-pushed the chore/trim-deps-octokit-autocomplete branch from e2b1875 to 9115225 Compare October 2, 2026 14:03

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