How to access root dependencies in packages' package.json?

[amirhhashemi]

I installed jest in the root of my monorepo so I can test all of my packages in one go. what if I want to have a script in a package to test that specific package? I tried to put this in the package.json of my api package:

  "scripts": {
    "test": "jest",
  },

And I get command not found: jest error. Is there a way to do that?

[arcanis]

No, jest must be a dependency of the script that uses it (we enforce that dependencies are strictly followed, and don't "leak" from one workspace to another). You have some options though, check this doc entry:

https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/qa/#how-to-share-scripts-between-workspaces