You pin almost all of runtime dependencies to exact versions. As of 2.40.1:
"dependencies": {
"@inquirer/select": "1.3.3",
"@nestjs/axios": "4.0.1",
"@nestjs/common": "11.1.28",
"@nestjs/core": "11.1.28",
"@nuxtjs/opencollective": "0.3.2",
"axios": "^1.18.1",
"chalk": "4.1.2",
"commander": "8.3.0",
"compare-versions": "6.1.1",
"concurrently": "^10.0.3",
"console.table": "0.10.0",
"fs-extra": "11.4.0",
"glob": "13.0.6",
"proxy-agent": "8.0.2",
"reflect-metadata": "0.2.2",
"rxjs": "7.8.2",
"tslib": "2.8.1"
}
Only axios and concurrently use ranges. Everything else is exact.
Consider using carets e.g. "chalk": "^4.1.2" , "@nestjs/common": "^11.1.28".
We install your cli as dev dependency (we are not using it via npx). Why this is problematic (i bet not just for us).
- Duplicated packages / bloated installs. This probably does not need explanation, but in short this is especially painful for
@nestjs/* and rxjs in projects that already use NestJS on a slightly different patch.
- Patch-level security fixes are blocked. If a CVE is published for a pinned transitive dependency, consumers cannot resolve it via
npm audit fix, overrides aside — they have to wait for a new release of this package. Every patch bump of an upstream dep requires a release here.
- Peer/version conflicts in monorepos and strict package managers
- Noisy dependency/SBOM reports. Under DORA (Digital Operational Resilience Act) we have to inventory and risk-assess our whole dependency tree — build-time included, since CI is part of the supply chain. Exact pins mean duplicate, outdated entries in our SBOM that we can't dedupe or patch ourselves, and each one becomes a manual finding to justify or waive. Being a devDependency doesn't exempt it from that process.
Thanks for considering it!
You pin almost all of runtime dependencies to exact versions. As of
2.40.1:Only
axiosandconcurrentlyuse ranges. Everything else is exact.Consider using carets e.g.
"chalk": "^4.1.2","@nestjs/common": "^11.1.28".We install your cli as dev dependency (we are not using it via
npx). Why this is problematic (i bet not just for us).@nestjs/*andrxjsin projects that already use NestJS on a slightly different patch.npm audit fix, overrides aside — they have to wait for a new release of this package. Every patch bump of an upstream dep requires a release here.Thanks for considering it!