I’m trying to generate a TypeORM database migration using a Node.js script. I’m using ts-node and my own tsconfig.app.json.

When I run the script, I get the following error:

Error: Cannot find module './cli'
Require stack:
- C:\Users\User\Documents\shop\apps\service\src\node_modules\typeorm\imaginaryUncacheableRequireResolveScript
    at Module._resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1421:15)
    at require.resolve (node:internal/modules/helpers:163:19)
    at requireResolveNonCached (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\pnpm\global\5\.pnpm\ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@25.3.3_typescript@5.9.3\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:549:16)
    at getProjectSearchDir (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\pnpm\global\5\.pnpm\ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@25.3.3_typescript@5.9.3\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:519:40)
    at phase3 (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\pnpm\global\5\.pnpm\ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@25.3.3_typescript@5.9.3\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:267:27)
    at bootstrap (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\pnpm\global\5\.pnpm\ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@25.3.3_typescript@5.9.3\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:47:30)
    at main (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\pnpm\global\5\.pnpm\ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@25.3.3_typescript@5.9.3\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:33:12)
    at Object. (C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\pnpm\global\5\.pnpm\ts-node@10.9.2_@types+node@25.3.3_typescript@5.9.3\node_modules\ts-node\dist\bin.js:579:5)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1761:14)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1893:10) {
  code: 'MODULE_NOT_FOUND',
  requireStack: [
    'C:\\Users\\User\\Documents\\shop\\apps\\service\\src\\node_modules\\typeorm\\imaginaryUncacheableRequireResolveScript'
  ]
}

Node.js v24.13.0

Error: Command failed: ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register --project tsconfig.app.json ../../node_modules/typeorm/cli migration:generate src/app/database/migrations/test --pretty -d src/app/database/data-source.ts
    at genericNodeError (node:internal/errors:985:15)
    at wrappedFn (node:internal/errors:539:14)
    at checkExecSyncError (node:child_process:925:11)
    at execSync (node:child_process:997:15)
    at C:\Users\User\Documents\shop\apps\service\src\app\database\generate-migration.ts:16:5
    at Interface.[_onLine] [as _onLine] (node:internal/readline/interface:463:7)
    at Interface.[_line] [as _line] (node:internal/readline/interface:953:18)
    at Interface.[_ttyWrite] [as _ttyWrite] (node:internal/readline/interface:1469:22)
    at ReadStream.onkeypress (node:internal/readline/interface:284:20)
    at ReadStream.emit (node:events:508:28) {
  status: 1,
  signal: null,
  output: [ null, null, null ],
  pid: 27428,
  stdout: null,
  stderr: null
}

    

The command that fails in the script is:

ts-node .\generate-migration.ts

My Setup:

• Nodejs 11.6.2

• pnpm 10.28.2

Migration Generation Script:

import { execSync } from 'child_process';

const name = 'test';

execSync(
  `ts-node -r tsconfig-paths/register --project tsconfig.app.json ` +
    `../../node_modules/typeorm/cli migration:generate ` +
    `src/app/database/migrations/${name} --pretty -d src/app/database/data-source.ts`,
  { stdio: 'inherit' }
);

Problem

TypeScript / Node.js throws: Cannot find module './cli'