Monorepo support?

[sairion]

It seems Biome VS Code extension only uses biome.json at the workspace root, not 'the most adjacent' biome.json from the source which it lints, formats, etc. (I believe it is also Rome VS Code extension's behavior, after seeing rome/tools#4206)

I'd like to know if support for monorepo (or, multiple biome.json in workspaces) is going to happen :)

[nhedger]

Hey @sairion,

Thanks for opening this issue.

I can't speak for everyone, but this is definitely something I'd like to see us support.

I'll move this issue to the https://github.com/biomejs/biome repository because that's where the logic should be implemented.

[castarco]

@nhedger I'm interested on this issue, as a Biome user, but also as a potential external contributor.

#779 (comment) .

[mkarbo]

We also use a monorepo, and we're blocked due to this issue as well.

We (would like to) have a biome.json at the repo root, which vscode & other extensions will load

[castarco]

Our particular case also favours the introduction of more monorepo-friendly features such as:

• Ensuring that the VSCode extension always applies the "closest" configuration file instead of having to declare overrides at the root level. There are some reasons for this:
  • security / auditability: including having struct rules enforcing "code owners" for certain parts of the repository
  • limiting the cascade effects of changing root files for monorepo tools (changing root files changes their hashes, and invalidates tons of "good" caches without any need)
• Applying the same principle as before for biome when executed from command line at the "root" level.

I still didn't read all the related issues, discussions, rfcs, etc. But I suspect that there is some work being performed on this front. What I don't know yet is if it will cover these specific issues.

In case the ongoing work is covering a different set of issues, I'd like to discuss with the core developers if I can contribute code to solve the issues I presented.

[ematipico]

I am going to close this discussion, people can help and track progresses here: #2228