'lint-staged' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. (Windows)

Description

When using cmd.exe or Visual Studio Code in Windows I get the error “‘lint-staged’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.” when I attempt to commit my changes. Essentially the pre-commit fails because of this. This error does not occur in the Windows Subsystem for Linux command prompt.

Steps to reproduce

1. Insure you are on a Windows machine with git installed.
2. Create a project that uses lint-staged
3. Make a change to your repo.
4. Using Visual Studio Code or simply cmd.exe, attempt to commit your changes.
5. You should see the error mentioned above in the console.

Debug Logs

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> git commit --quiet --allow-empty-message --file -
> git show :package.json
husky > npm run -s precommit (node v8.10.0)

'lint-staged' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

husky > pre-commit hook failed (add --no-verify to bypass)
> git config --get-all user.name
> git config --get-all user.email

Environment

• OS: Windows 10
• Node.js: v8.10.0
• lint-staged: v7.0.0

[nicogreenarry]

tl;dr: You might run into this problem on WSL if you’re using an IDE or other tool that is making your commit for you, and that tool uses a Windows version of node/npm.

---

I’m not sure if this solution will be relevant for some of the other folks in this thread, but I figured out what was going on for me. I noted in my previous comment that I’m using WSL, and that I’m able to commit from the command line, but that Webstorm gives the 'lint-staged' is not recognized error.

I realized it’s because my command line uses a version of node and npm installed on the Windows side of things, not installed in the WSL directories. I ran npm install -g lint-staged in my windows terminal (not in ConEmu, which I have set up to use Fish on WSL). Then I was able to commit normally from Webstorm.

I’m still not completely sure why I needed to install lint-staged globally - I thought that npm scripts would search the local node_modules directory when resolving commands. Anyway, it works fine now.

[zorzysty]

Thanks @oturpe for the recap - especially workaround no.3. I added npx to every command in husky config (except git related of course). So instead of

"husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "lint-staged"
    }
  },
  "lint-staged": {
    "./src/**/*.{js,jsx}": [
      "prettier --write",
      "eslint",
      "git add"
    ]
  }

i did:

"husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit": "npx lint-staged"
    }
  },
  "lint-staged": {
    "./src/**/*.{js,jsx}": [
      "npx prettier --write",
      "npx eslint",
      "git add"
    ]
  }

Worked like a charm!