yarnpkg - `yarn install` is changing my repo's .git/config file. How can I track down why?

Question

I've cloned a repo from GitHub (microsoft/azuredatastudio), and whenever I run yarn install, at the end of that 60 second process, my repository-local config file (ADS/.git/config) changes (specifically, pull.rebase gets set to true).

How can I investigate what part of yarn install is changing my pull method and stop it from doing so?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65943762/yarn-install-is-changing-my-repos-git-config-file-how-can-i-track-down-why

Answer 1

I figured it out: the repo's package.json had a postinstall step defined, which contained cp.execSync('git config pull.rebase true');