v1.6.140

New Features

• New --import for bit watch to update the workspace when git pull changed the .bitmap file (#8795, #8803, #8798)
• New flags for bit build --rewrite and --reinstall to use in conjunction with --reuse-capsules for better debugging for build pipelines (#8779)
• Support a root-level .bitignore file (#8781)

Changes

• React, Node and Symphony templates default to ESM
• Improve logging of stack trace of errors thrown by build tasks (#8783)
• Improve various CLI end terminal outputs (#8784)
• Rename --merge to --auto-merge-resolve to be aligned with other commands (#8782)

Performance

• Ensure deleted components do not get rebuilt (#8797, #8799, #8796)

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue where bit config set network.ca didn't work for communication with scope APIs (#8801, #8790)
• Fix an issue where bit init didn't add a workspace.jsonc (#8800)
• Fix an issue where remote registry throws an error but the version was actually published (#8789)
• Fix an issue where component checked out to main version when importing with wildcards on lane (#8788)
• Fix an issue where component preview loaded indefinitely instead of presenting an error (#8778)
• Fix an issue where external envs didn't load correctly from global scope (#8786)
• Ensure the correct version of the env is set for generated components (#8787)

Internal

• Change loadLane to return undefined instead of null if not exists (#8805)
• Fix flaky test "optional dependencies - affect capsule" (#8794)