Minimal reproduction: Knip reports pnpm stage as an unlisted binary

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Reproduce Knip's pnpm stage false positive

This reproduction requires Node.js and pnpm. It was verified with Node.js 24.20.0, pnpm 12.3.2, and Knip 6.34.0.

Run these commands in the directory containing package.json:

pnpm install
node node_modules/knip/bin/knip.js --include binaries --no-progress

Knip exits with code 1 and reports:

Unlisted binaries (1)
stage  package.json

Expected: no unlisted binary, because stage is a built-in pnpm command.

Changing the release script to pnpm publish makes the check pass. Adding {"ignoreBinaries":["stage"]} to knip.json also makes it pass.

package.json

{
  "name": "knip-pnpm-stage-repro",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "release": "pnpm stage publish"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "knip": "6.34.0"
  }
}