[BUG] Root level gets local version of dependency instead of version from registry

[DmitriyZverev]

When I use workspaces, and on the root level I need a previous version of a package (package was defined in workspaces), I get current (local) version of the package.

Steps To Reproduce:

There is a file structure:

root/
│
├── packages/
│   │
│   ├── foo/
│   │   │ 
│   │   └── package.json
│   │
│   └── bar/
│       │ 
│       └── package.json
│
└── package.json

Where:

• root/package.json:

  {
      "name": "@scope/root",
      "wokspaces": [
          "packages/*"
      ],
      "dependencies": {
          "@scope/foo": "1.0.0-dev.0"
      }
  }

• root/packages/foo/package.json:

  {
      "name": "@scope/foo",
      "version": "1.0.0-dev.1"
  }

• root/packages/bar/package.json:

  {
      "name": "@scope/bar",
      "version": "1.0.0-dev.1",
      "dependencies": {
          "@scope/foo": "1.0.0-dev.0"
      }
  }

And version 1.0.0-dev.0 of package @scope/foo is already published in a private registry.

Current Behavior:

Command npm install makes next node_modules structure:

root/
│
├── node_modules/
│   │
│   └── @scope/
│       │
│       └── foo/ -> root/packages/foo (symlink to 1.0.0-dev.1)
│
└── packages/
    │
    └── bar/
        │ 
        └── node_modules/
            │
            └── @scope/
                │
                └── foo/ (installed 1.0.0-dev.0 from registry)

So when I require @scope/foo package on the root level, I get version 1.0.0-dev.1 although dependency for @scope/root was defined as 1.0.0-dev.0.

Expected Behavior:

Command npm install makes next node_modules structure:

root/
│
└── node_modules/
    │
    └── @scope/
        │
        └── foo/ (installed 1.0.0-dev.0 from registry)

So when I require @scope/foo package on the root level, I get version 1.0.0-dev.0 as expected.

Environment:

• OS: Linux Mint 20.1
• Node: 15.4.0
• npm: 7.5.3

[darcyclarke]

@DmitriyZverev this seems to be working as intended; You can resolve this by removing the workspace dep on foo@1.0.0-dev.0