[Bug]: Cannot install Playwright with yarn following instructions

[rbirkgit]

Version

latest

Steps to reproduce

I went here: https://playwright.dev/docs/intro#installing-playwright

Followed instructions to install with yarn, i.e. using yarn create playwright

Expected behavior

To be able to install with yarn.

Actual behavior

It is failing to install with this error:

Installing Playwright Test (yarn add --dev -W @playwright/test)…
Unknown Syntax Error: Unsupported option name ("-W").

Additional context

No response

Environment

Using yarn 4.4.1

[ltsuda]

It looks like you are using workspaces

https://github.com/microsoft/create-playwright/blob/main/src/packageManager.ts#L84

I can't find where yarn 4.4.1 comes from, at least in their website/github. But in the latest documentation the -W doesn't exist.

https://yarnpkg.com/cli/add

[Skn0tt]

It seems to be a remnant from Yarn v1: https://classic.yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/add#toc-yarn-add-ignore-workspace-root-check-w