"There don't appear to be any changes" even though there are

This is my first time trying to use patch-package. I followed the instructions, but it doesn’t recognize my changes. What am I doing wrong? More details below.

1. I added "postinstall": "patch-package" inside scripts inside my project’s package-json.
2. I ran npm i patch-package
3. I modified the package that I had problems with. In particular, I modified this file: node_modules/react-simple-infinite-scroll/package.json.
4. I ran npx patch-package infinite-scroll

I’m seeing this:

• Creating temporary folder
• Installing react-simple-infinite-scroll@0.0.1 with npm
• Diffing your files with clean files
⁉️  Not creating patch file for package 'react-simple-infinite-scroll'
⁉️  There don't appear to be any changes.

I’m guessing patch-package doesn’t support me modifying package.json inside a node module?

[dmatora]

I am having same issue getting (“There don’t appear to be any changes”) with trying to patch node_modules/@pooltogether/hooks/node_modules/@pooltogether/bnc-onboard/dist/esm/connect-5e218485.js which technically is not part of the repo I’ve created patch manually but when I try to apply it I’m getting an error

[MariusCatanoiu]

Okay, thank you for the answer. I ended up using a different way to patch.

What way? 😄