Running pnpm start on Windows with @callstack/repack@5.2.0

[cn1001wang]

Environment

• OS: Windows 11
• Node: v22.16.0
• pnpm: 9.15.3
• @callstack/repack: 5.2.3
• react-native: 0.78.2

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Background

Running pnpm start on Windows with @callstack/repack@5.2.0 throws:

Error [ERR_UNSUPPORTED_ESM_URL_SCHEME]: Only URLs with a scheme in: file, data,
and node are supported by the default ESM loader. On Windows, absolute paths
must be valid file:// URLs. Received protocol 'c:'

This is fixed by upgrading to @callstack/repack@5.2.3 (see callstack/repack#1290 and callstack/repack#1302). After upgrading, pnpm start works correctly.