No Version Modifiers for Dependencies after Fresh Workspace Migration

[joh-klein]

Current Behavior

When creating a new Nx workspace from scratch, the package.json dependencies use version modifiers (e.g., ~ or ^). However, when migrating an older Nx workspace to a newer version, the package.json dependencies are pinned to specific versions (without version modifiers), which creates inconsistencies.

For example:

1. New workspace (created from scratch, nx 20.4.0):

   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/animations": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/common": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/compiler": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/core": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/forms": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~19.1.0",
     "@angular/router": "~19.1.0",
     "rxjs": "~7.8.0",
     "zone.js": "~0.15.0"
   }

2. Migrated workspace (from nx 20.3.2 to 20.4.0):

   "dependencies": {
     "@angular/animations": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/common": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/compiler": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/core": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/forms": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/platform-browser": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "19.1.3",
     "@angular/router": "19.1.3",
     "rxjs": "~7.8.0",
     "zone.js": "~0.15.0"
   }

Expected Behavior

Using version modifiers aligns more with the expected behavior of dependency management in modern JavaScript ecosystems.

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. npx [email protected] --preset=angular-monorepo
2. Note the use of version modifiers (e.g., ~19.1.0) in the package.json
3. nx migrate latest
4. Version modifiers are gone from all affected packages :(

Nx Report

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Node           : 22.13.1
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
npm            : 10.9.2

nx                     : 20.4.0
@nx/js                 : 20.4.0
@nx/jest               : 20.4.0
@nx/eslint             : 20.4.0
@nx/workspace          : 20.4.0
@nx/angular            : 20.4.0
@nx/devkit             : 20.4.0
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 20.4.0
@nx/module-federation  : 20.4.0
@nx/web                : 20.4.0
@nx/webpack            : 20.4.0
typescript             : 5.7.3
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Community plugins:
angular-eslint : 19.0.2

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Additional Information

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