README.md

@@ -239,8 +239,12 @@ provide:
   `make check` stays non-mutating. Linting runs only in the container, because
   an ESLint result that depends on whichever ESLint the host happens to have is
   not a result, so docker is required to lint.
-- `script/fmt` — format all files (writes), on the host
+- `script/fmt` — format all files (writes), on the host, with the `prettier`
-- `script/fmt-check` — check formatting (read-only), on the host
+  that `script/bootstrap` installs in `node_modules/`; when that one is missing
+  it fails and says to run `script/bootstrap`, instead of using a `prettier`
+  from the `PATH`
+- `script/fmt-check` — check formatting (read-only), on the host, with the same
+  `prettier` and the same refusal
 - `script/check` — run `script/test`, `script/lint` and `script/fmt-check`
 - `script/check-censored` — assert the competitor name RULES.md bars appears
   nowhere in the working tree or under `dist/` outside its documented

script/fmt

@@ -25,6 +25,13 @@ run_yarn() {
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
+    # Without the repo's own prettier, yarn runs whatever prettier is on
+    # the PATH, which may be a version that formats files differently.
+    if [ ! -x node_modules/.bin/prettier ]; then
+        echo "fmt: this repo's prettier is not installed in node_modules/," \
+            "so run script/bootstrap first." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
     echo "Formatting..."
     run_yarn run fmt
 }

script/fmt-check

@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ run_yarn() {
 
 main() {
     cd "$ROOT"
+    # Without the repo's own prettier, yarn runs whatever prettier is on
+    # the PATH, which may be a version that formats files differently.
+    if [ ! -x node_modules/.bin/prettier ]; then
+        echo "fmt-check: this repo's prettier is not installed in" \
+            "node_modules/, so run script/bootstrap first." >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
     echo "Checking formatting..."
     run_yarn run fmt-check
 }