More environment variables that override config

[FossPrime]

Clear and concise description of the problem

NI_CONFIG_FILE is not enough as it requires a config file to be made, which involves writing a scripts and doing file operations.

Suggested solution

Package.json would work fine aswell

{
  "ni": "pnpm" // Global agent doesnt ever make sense in a package.json
}

Alternative

NI_CONFIG_FILE
NI_DEFAULT
NI_GLOBAL

Additional context

Stackblitz supports both setting env vars in a config file... or even through package.json

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-eya5pj?file=package.json

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[a1mersnow]

There are only two config properties now: globalAgent and defaultAgent.

Like what you said, globalAgent doesn't make sense in a package.json.

While in a project, there are two cases:

• with lock file, then we can automatically detect the agent
• without lock file, we will be prompted for the agent

Both cases are well handled by today's codebase, so I couldn't see any benefit from your suggestion.

And, we already have packageManager field in package.json...

[ghostdevv]

I would also like this feature, so that I can configure the env var in my main dotfiles rather than having to add another file