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Cannot read property 'dependencies' of undefined

See original GitHub issue

I use it in my project, then it made a mistake, the error message is shown in the figure below.

patch-package 6.2.2
• Creating temporary folder
TypeError: Cannot read property 'dependencies' of undefined
    at Object.getPackageResolution (D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\getPackageResolution.js:71:38)
    at Object.makePatch (D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\makePatch.js:49:66)
    at D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\index.js:48:25
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\index.js:47:22)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1015:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1035:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:879:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:724:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:903:19)
D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\makePatch.js:183
        throw e;
        ^

TypeError: Cannot read property 'dependencies' of undefined
    at Object.getPackageResolution (D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\getPackageResolution.js:71:38)
    at Object.makePatch (D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\makePatch.js:49:66)
    at D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\index.js:48:25
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Object.<anonymous> (D:\Dev\React\account-book\node_modules\_patch-package@6.2.2@patch-package\dist\index.js:47:22)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1015:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1035:10)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:879:32)
    at Function.Module._load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:724:14)
    at Module.require (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:903:19)

package.json

"devDependencies": {
    "concurrently": "^5.3.0",
    "json-server": "^0.16.2",
    "patch-package": "^6.2.2"
  }

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:6

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chrismcleodcommented, May 6, 2021

@D-zilch this can happen if you have nothing for “dependencies” key in package.json. try making it blank: "dependencies": {}

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pavelustenkocommented, Mar 30, 2021

https://github.com/ds300/patch-package/issues/234

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