From dfb88fec7bf882479a1fa58d92352667fa335651 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Federico Jaramillo Martinez <federico@klingit.com>
Date: Fri, 8 May 2026 18:59:58 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Make git installs install build dependencies

---
 README.md    | 2 +-
 package.json | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea4e70e..429b013 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ npm install -g github:jmfederico/pi-web#main
 pi-web install
 ```
 
-This uses npm's git install flow and runs the package `prepare` script to build `dist/` on the target machine.
+This uses npm's git install flow and runs the package `prepare` script to install build-time dev dependencies if needed, then build `dist/` on the target machine.
 
 ## Development quick start
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d6dcbba..891a93e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "start": "tsx src/server/index.ts",
     "start:sessiond": "tsx src/server/sessiond.ts",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
-    "prepare": "npm run build",
+    "prepare": "sh -c 'command -v tsc >/dev/null 2>&1 && command -v vite >/dev/null 2>&1 || npm install --include=dev --ignore-scripts; npm run build'",
     "pack:dry": "npm pack --dry-run",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run verify",
     "publish:npm": "npm publish --access public"