fix: should not replace workspace:* when update

.changeset/old-islands-perform.md

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/core": patch
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": patch
+"@pnpm/resolve-dependencies": patch
+"pnpm": patch
+---
+
+`pnpm update` should not replace `workspace:*`, `workspace:~`, and `workspace:^` with `workspace:<version>` [#5764](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/pull/5764).

pkg-manager/core/src/install/index.ts

@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ export async function mutateModules (
       projectsToInstall.push({
         pruneDirectDependencies: false,
         ...project,
-        wantedDependencies: wantedDeps.map(wantedDep => ({ ...wantedDep, isNew: true, updateSpec: true, nodeExecPath: opts.nodeExecPath })),
+        wantedDependencies: wantedDeps.map(wantedDep => ({ ...wantedDep, isNew: !currentPrefs[wantedDep.alias], updateSpec: true, nodeExecPath: opts.nodeExecPath })),
       })
     }
 

pkg-manager/core/src/parseWantedDependencies.ts

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function parseWantedDependencies (
         dev: Boolean(opts.dev || alias && !!opts.devDependencies[alias]),
         optional: Boolean(opts.optional || alias && !!opts.optionalDependencies[alias]),
         pinnedVersion,
-        raw: rawWantedDependency,
+        raw: alias && opts.currentPrefs?.[alias]?.startsWith('workspace:') ? `${alias}@${opts.currentPrefs[alias]}` : rawWantedDependency,
       }
       if (pref) {
         return {

pkg-manager/core/test/install/multipleImporters.ts

@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@ test('update workspace range', async () => {
             dep4: 'workspace:1',
             dep5: 'workspace:1.0',
             dep6: 'workspace:*',
+            dep7: 'workspace:^',
+            dep8: 'workspace:~',
           },
         },
         rootDir: path.resolve('project-1'),
@@ -963,6 +965,8 @@ test('update workspace range', async () => {
             dep4: 'workspace:1',
             dep5: 'workspace:1.0',
             dep6: 'workspace:*',
+            dep7: 'workspace:^',
+            dep8: 'workspace:~',
           },
         },
         rootDir: path.resolve('project-2'),
@@ -1024,6 +1028,24 @@ test('update workspace range', async () => {
           },
         },
       },
+      dep7: {
+        '2.0.0': {
+          dir: '',
+          manifest: {
+            name: 'dep7',
+            version: '2.0.0',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+      dep8: {
+        '2.0.0': {
+          dir: '',
+          manifest: {
+            name: 'dep8',
+            version: '2.0.0',
+          },
+        },
+      },
     },
   }))
 
@@ -1033,7 +1055,9 @@ test('update workspace range', async () => {
     dep3: 'workspace:^2.0.0',
     dep4: 'workspace:^2.0.0',
     dep5: 'workspace:~2.0.0',
-    dep6: 'workspace:2.0.0',
+    dep6: 'workspace:*',
+    dep7: 'workspace:^',
+    dep8: 'workspace:~',
   }
   expect(updatedImporters[0].manifest.dependencies).toStrictEqual(expected)
   expect(updatedImporters[1].manifest.dependencies).toStrictEqual(expected)

pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/updateWorkspaceDependencies.ts

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function createWorkspaceSpecs (specs: string[], workspacePackages: Worksp
     const parsed = parseWantedDependency(spec)
     if (!parsed.alias) throw new PnpmError('NO_PKG_NAME_IN_SPEC', `Cannot update/install from workspace through "${spec}"`)
     if (!workspacePackages[parsed.alias]) throw new PnpmError('WORKSPACE_PACKAGE_NOT_FOUND', `"${parsed.alias}" not found in the workspace`)
-    if (!parsed.pref) return `${parsed.alias}@workspace:*`
+    if (!parsed.pref) return `${parsed.alias}@workspace:>=0.0.0`
     if (parsed.pref.startsWith('workspace:')) return spec
     return `${parsed.alias}@workspace:${parsed.pref}`
   })

pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/test/updateWorkspaceDependencies.test.ts

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('updateToWorkspacePackagesFromManifest()', () => {
 })
 
 test('createWorkspaceSpecs', () => {
-  expect(createWorkspaceSpecs(['bar', 'foo@2', 'qar@workspace:3'], WORKSPACE_PACKAGES)).toStrictEqual(['bar@workspace:*', 'foo@workspace:2', 'qar@workspace:3'])
+  expect(createWorkspaceSpecs(['bar', 'foo@2', 'qar@workspace:3'], WORKSPACE_PACKAGES)).toStrictEqual(['bar@workspace:>=0.0.0', 'foo@workspace:2', 'qar@workspace:3'])
   let err!: PnpmError
   try {
     createWorkspaceSpecs(['express'], WORKSPACE_PACKAGES)

pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/getWantedDependencies.ts

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function getWantedDependenciesFromGivenSet (
       nodeExecPath: opts.nodeExecPath ?? opts.dependenciesMeta[alias]?.node,
       pinnedVersion: whichVersionIsPinned(pref),
       pref: updatedPref,
-      raw: `${alias}@${updatedPref}`,
+      raw: `${alias}@${pref}`,
     }
   })
 }

pkg-manager/resolve-dependencies/src/updateProjectManifest.ts

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function resolvedDirectDepToSpecObject (
     nodeExecPath: opts.nodeExecPath,
     peer: importer['peer'],
     pref,
-    saveType: (isNew === true) ? importer['targetDependenciesField'] : undefined,
+    saveType: importer['targetDependenciesField'],
   }
 }
 
@@ -159,12 +159,23 @@ function getPrefPreferSpecifiedExoticSpec (
   }
 ) {
   const prefix = getPrefix(opts.alias, opts.name)
-  if (opts.specRaw?.startsWith(`${opts.alias}@${prefix}`) && opts.specRaw !== `${opts.alias}@workspace:*`) {
-    const specWithoutName = opts.specRaw.slice(`${opts.alias}@${prefix}`.length)
+  if (opts.specRaw?.startsWith(`${opts.alias}@${prefix}`)) {
+    let specWithoutName = opts.specRaw.slice(`${opts.alias}@${prefix}`.length)
+    if (specWithoutName.startsWith('workspace:')) {
+      specWithoutName = specWithoutName.slice(10)
+      if (specWithoutName === '*' || specWithoutName === '^' || specWithoutName === '~') {
+        return specWithoutName
+      }
+    }
     const selector = versionSelectorType(specWithoutName)
-    if (!((selector != null) && (selector.type === 'version' || selector.type === 'range'))) {
+    if (!selector) {
       return opts.specRaw.slice(opts.alias.length + 1)
     }
   }
+  // A prerelease version is always added as an exact version
+  if (semver.parse(opts.version)?.prerelease.length) {
+    return `${prefix}${opts.version}`
+  }
+
   return `${prefix}${createVersionSpec(opts.version, { pinnedVersion: opts.pinnedVersion, rolling: opts.rolling })}`
 }