@swc/cli doesn't work under pnpm run script

[andrejleitner]

Describe the bug

SWC transpiles sources to the output directory when running the local installation directly, but it doesn't do so when running via a pnpm script.

Input code

pnpm build

> @my-project/playground@1.0.0 build /path/to/my-project/
> swc **/**.ts -d dist

Config

{
  "$schema": "https://swc.rs/schema.json",
  "exclude": ["test/**/*"],
  "jsc": {
    "parser": {
      "syntax": "typescript",
      "decorators": true,
      "dynamicImport": true
    },
    "transform": {
      "legacyDecorator": true,
      "decoratorMetadata": true
    },
    "paths": {
      "@my-project/app/*": ["apps/app/src/*"],
      "@my-project/lib/*": ["libs/lib/src/*"]
    },
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "target": "es2022"
  },
  "module": {
    "type": "commonjs",
    "strictMode": true
  },
  "sourceMaps": "inline"
}

Playground link (or link to the minimal reproduction)

https://play.swc.rs

SWC Info output

Operating System:
Platform: darwin
Arch: arm64
Machine Type: arm64
Version: Darwin Kernel Version 24.1.0: Thu Oct 10 21:03:15 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.41.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6000
CPU: (8 cores)
Models: Apple M1 Pro

Binaries:
    Node: 20.11.0
    npm: 10.2.4
    Yarn: 1.22.22
    pnpm: 9.12.3

Relevant Packages:
    @swc/core: 1.7.40
    @swc/helpers: N/A
    @swc/types: N/A
    typescript: 5.6.3

SWC Config:
    output: N/A
    .swcrc path: N/A

Next.js info:
    output: N/A

Expected behavior

It works.

Actual behavior

No errors, no output.

Version

@swc/cli: 0.5.0

Additional context

Direct call to local CLI installation works fine:

pnpm swc **/**.ts -d dist
Successfully compiled: 1237 files with swc (958.71ms)