Updates

scripts/stage-release.sh

@@ -19,18 +19,16 @@ ensure_root_deps() {
   fi
 }
 
-# Pear bundles each package dir; hoisted deps live at repo root — symlink + real copy of workspace protocol.
+# Pear mirrors from each package dir. npm workspaces often leave a *partial* `node_modules/`
+# under the package (e.g. only workspace copies) while the rest hoists to the repo root — Pear
+# then stages without `hyperswarm`, etc. Always rebuild flat symlinks from root (same as
+# `npm run os:seeder` / ensure-pear-node-modules), then overlay the workspace protocol package.
 prepare_pkg_for_pear() {
   local pkg="$1"
   local nm="$pkg/node_modules"
-  if [[ -L "$nm" ]]; then
-    :
-  elif [[ -d "$nm" ]]; then
-    log "WARN: $nm is a real directory (not symlink). Skipping node_modules symlink; ensure dependencies are available."
-  else
-    log "Linking $nm -> ../../node_modules"
-    ln -sf ../../node_modules "$nm"
-  fi
+  local rel="${pkg#"$ROOT"/}"
+  log "Mirroring root node_modules → $rel/node_modules (ensure-pear-node-modules)"
+  (cd "$ROOT" && node scripts/ensure-pear-node-modules.mjs "$rel")
   rm -rf "$nm/bare-os-protocol"
   log "Copying bare-os-protocol into $(basename "$pkg")/node_modules"
   cp -R "$PROTO" "$nm/bare-os-protocol"