[ Workspaces ] Allow dart pub workspace to exec custom commands

cl0v · March 4, 2025, 2:49pm

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title: Pub workspaces (monorepo support)
short-title: Workspaces
description: Learn more about pub workspaces, a way to manage package monorepos.
---

When working on a project, you might develop multiple Dart packages in the same
version control repository (a _monorepo_).

For example you might have a directory layout like: 

```plaintext
/
  packages/
    shared/
      pubspec.yaml
      pubspec.lock
      .dart_tool/package_config.json
    client_package/
      pubspec.yaml

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Describe the problem

dart pub workspace only have the list subcommand yet and this makes it not as viable as Melos.

Is it possible to create a exec command like the Melos exec where we can perform custom commands for every package at the workspace like some build_runner or others?

Expected fix

dart pub workspace exec – “flutter pub run build_runner build” should work and others as well.