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Date: 3 Sep 2026

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The setup steps skipped pnpm install and never mentioned .env, so following the README from a fresh clone produced an app that rendered but had no data.

  • add prerequisites with the pinned Node 24.20.0 / pnpm 11.9.0 and Volta setup
  • add the missing pnpm install and cp .env.sample .env steps, and document what each environment variable does
  • lead with pnpm dev:vite; pnpm dev also starts the HTTPS proxy and run-p kills the Vite server with it when the proxy cannot start
  • give the hosts file path for Windows alongside macOS/Linux, and note that binding port 443 needs elevation on Linux
  • add a scripts table and the four commands CI runs
  • fix the documented URLs: _internal is a pathless layout route, so the paths are /admin and /dashboard, not /internal/admin and /internal/dashboard
  • note that routeTree.gen.ts and mockServiceWorker.js are generated

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Breaking Changes

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Additional Notes

Move the toolchain to pnpm 11 / Node 24 LTS and bring every dependency to
latest stable, except six held back to keep this a dependency bump rather
than a refactor: typescript, react-day-picker, lucide-react, eslint,
@eslint/js and eslint-plugin-react-hooks.

- pnpm-workspace.yaml: onlyBuiltDependencies -> allowBuilds (pnpm 11)
- tsconfig: drop deprecated baseUrl, make paths tsconfig-relative (TS 6)
- vite.config: drop manualChunks, removed by rolldown in Vite 8
- utils: NodeJS.Timeout -> ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> (@types/node 26)
- mockServiceWorker.js regenerated by msw's postinstall
The setup steps skipped `pnpm install` and never mentioned `.env`, so following
the README from a fresh clone produced an app that rendered but had no data.

- add prerequisites with the pinned Node 24.20.0 / pnpm 11.9.0 and Volta setup
- add the missing `pnpm install` and `cp .env.sample .env` steps, and document
  what each environment variable does
- lead with `pnpm dev:vite`; `pnpm dev` also starts the HTTPS proxy and run-p
  kills the Vite server with it when the proxy cannot start
- give the hosts file path for Windows alongside macOS/Linux, and note that
  binding port 443 needs elevation on Linux
- add a scripts table and the four commands CI runs
- fix the documented URLs: `_internal` is a pathless layout route, so the paths
  are /admin and /dashboard, not /internal/admin and /internal/dashboard
- note that routeTree.gen.ts and mockServiceWorker.js are generated
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  • Documentation
    • Expanded the README with complete setup and getting-started guidance.
    • Documented supported Node.js and pnpm versions, environment variables, API mocking, and development commands.
    • Added optional HTTPS proxy instructions for staging API access.
    • Expanded the scripts reference and project structure overview.
    • Updated route documentation and clarified generated files, components, mocks, and public assets.

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README.md was rewritten as a complete project guide. It now covers prerequisites, setup, environment variables, development modes, scripts, routes, generated files, components, mocks, and public assets.

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README documentation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Setup and runtime documentation
README.md
Documents pinned Node and pnpm versions, installation, environment variables, MSW defaults, staging API configuration, and development modes.
Scripts and route documentation
README.md
Adds the available scripts table and updates route structure, generated route handling, and route URLs.
Project structure documentation
README.md
Describes generated components, MSW mocks, and public assets.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 4eada

The refreshed setup guide can lead developers to grant excessive privileges to project tooling, while the documented macOS proxy command may fail on port 443. Replace the privileged commands with narrowly scoped forwarding guidance and cover macOS before merging.

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Per @MayankBansal12's review on #242:
- use pnpm's own standalone installer instead of `npm install -g`, which
  can clash with other pnpm versions already on the system
- stop duplicating the env var list in the README; point at .env.sample as
  the source of truth instead, since env vars change and a README table
  will drift from it
- name Radix UI as the actual primitive under shadcn/ui, not just shadcn/ui
  itself

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AnujChhikara added a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 5, 2026
Per @MayankBansal12's follow-up review on #242:
- note that the shipped .env.sample runs standalone with mocks, and link to
  todo-backend for anyone who wants real data instead
- replace the hand-written HTTPS proxy explanation with RDS's shared
  https-dev-url-cors doc for the why/how-it-works-in-general, keeping only
  this project's specific steps (hosts file paths, the pnpm dev command,
  Linux port 443 elevation) rather than re-explaining the same-origin
  mechanism here too

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Per @MayankBansal12's follow-up review on #242:
- note that the shipped .env.sample runs standalone with mocks, and link to
  todo-backend for anyone who wants real data instead
- replace the HTTPS proxy explanation with a link to RDS's shared
  https-dev-url-cors doc instead of duplicating its steps here

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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In `@README.md`:
- Line 146: Update the TanStack Router link in the README to use descriptive
text, replacing “here” with “TanStack Router documentation” while preserving the
existing URL.
- Around line 113-114: Update the port-443 privilege guidance in the README to
include macOS alongside Linux, and remove the claim that macOS generally does
not need elevation; alternatively, document a macOS port-forwarding option that
allows the proxy to remain unprivileged.
- Line 170: Update the route-list code fence in README.md to use text as its
opening fence language identifier, while preserving the existing listing
content.
- Line 113: Update the README guidance around the setcap workaround so
CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE is applied only to a proxy-specific wrapper or executable,
not the shared Node binary returned by which node; preserve the existing macOS
and Windows guidance.
- Line 112: Update the README privilege guidance to remove the sudo-based pnpm
dev fallback. Document running the development stack as a normal user with
narrowly scoped port forwarding instead, and do not recommend granting
cap_net_bind_service to the shared node binary.

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- use descriptive link text for the TanStack Router docs link instead of
  "here"
- tag the directory-tree and URL-list code fences as text (MD040) — they're
  plain listings, not shell commands

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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MayankBansal12 previously approved these changes Sep 5, 2026
Base automatically changed from chore/upgrade-dependencies-latest to develop September 8, 2026 20:25
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AnujChhikara dismissed MayankBansal12’s stale review September 8, 2026 20:25

The merge-base changed after approval.

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