The index files in store changed in 8.7.2

[linsui]

Verify latest release

• I verified that the issue exists in the latest pnpm release

pnpm version

8.7.2

Which area(s) of pnpm are affected? (leave empty if unsure)

No response

Link to the code that reproduces this issue or a replay of the bug

No response

Reproduction steps

Generate the store with pnpm install with pnpm 8.7.1 and 8.7.2. Check the store. The index files are different. Some files generated by pnpm 8.7.2 don't have version and name in them but the files generated by 8.7.1 have them.

Describe the Bug

The store files changed. When I package a package managed by pnpm for nixpkgs I need to download all deps into the store and calculate the hash. I remove all timestamp and sort the index files to make it reproducible. But the recent update from 8.7.1 to 8.7.2 changed the files.

Expected Behavior

The store files are generated in a stable format.

Which Node.js version are you using?

20.6.1

Which operating systems have you used?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

If your OS is a Linux based, which one it is? (Include the version if relevant)

NixOS

[zkochan]

ok, we should fix this.

[linsui]

@zkochan Thanks! Can we expect that the store files format will be kept stable?

[zkochan]

yes