Prevent updating dependencies in affected package.json

[nfantone]

Issue type

• bug report
• idea
• question
• other

Expected behavior

We would like multi-semantic-release to provide the option to avoid updating cross-references between interdependent packages with the next release version. This is particularly useful when using yarn workspace: refs as versions in package.json, which yarn pack already takes care of resolving.

• Before multi-semantic-release:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@myorg/packageA": "workspace:^",
    "@myorg/packageB": "workspace:^",
    "express-winston": "^5.0.0"
  }
}

• After multi-semantic-release:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "@myorg/packageA": "1.2.3",
    "@myorg/packageB": "2.4.1",
    "express-winston": "^5.0.0"
  }
}

Ideally, both @myorg/packageA and @myorg/packageB should continue pointing to workspace:^ after a full release.

Actual behavior

Versions of affected dependents always get overridden by multi-semantic-release removing workspace: references and, ultimately, pushing changes to the repository.