Cli: Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM] with `netlify link`

[kaganjd]

- Do you want to request a _feature_ or report a _bug_?
Bug

- What is the current behavior?
netlify link with a fresh CLI install returns Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: Must use import to load ES Module: /usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-cli/node_modules/is-promise/index.js require() of ES modules is not supported.

- If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

1. npm install netlify-cli -g
2. netlify link

- Local Environment Information

• MacOS
• v12.16.2

Related

• Community post: https://community.netlify.com/t/happy-path-broken-must-use-import-to-load-es-module/13303
• https://github.com/netlify/cli/issues/858

% netlify -v
netlify-cli/2.48.0 darwin-x64 node-v12.16.2

[ehmicky]

Oh oh oh @RaeesBhatti , that might be related to the great 2020 is-promise one-line-of-code disaster that broke many npm modules: https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/is-promise-post-mortem-cab807f18dcc

[email protected] /home/ether/netlify/cli
├─┬ [email protected]
│ └── [email protected] 
├─┬ [email protected]
│ └─┬ [email protected]
│   └── [email protected]  deduped
└─┬ [email protected]
  └─┬ [email protected]
    └── [email protected]  deduped

[TomPichaud]

https://github.com/netlify/cli/issues/863

[carlmjohnson]

I tried reinstalling as suggested in #863, but it's still caught up on the bad version.

[carlmjohnson]

Okay, I got it to work by running:

$ brew uninstall netlify-cli
Uninstalling /usr/local/Cellar/netlify-cli/2.48.0... (16,459 files, 153.0MB)

$ brew install -s netlify-cli
…

I think there should still be a new version pushed to Homebrew so that this is not necessary.

[RaeesBhatti]

Is this still a problem? I haven't been able to reproduce it recently.

[RaeesBhatti]

@kaganjd Can you please provide an update on whether this is still a problem!

[kaganjd]

Hey @RaeesBhatti, I haven't heard anything in response from the person who wrote into Community