feat!: "pnpm r" is not an alias of "pnpm remove"

ref #2329

.changeset/mighty-buckets-study.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": major
+"pnpm": major
+---
+
+`pnpm r` is not an alias of `pnpm remove`.

packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/remove.ts

@@ -118,7 +118,9 @@ export function help () {
   })
 }
 
-export const commandNames = ['remove', 'uninstall', 'r', 'rm', 'un']
+// Unlike npm, pnpm does not treat "r" as an alias of "remove".
+// This way we avoid the confusion about whether "pnpm r" means remove, run, or recursive.
+export const commandNames = ['remove', 'uninstall', 'rm', 'un']
 
 export const completion: CompletionFunc = (cliOpts, params) => {
   return readDepNameCompletions(cliOpts.dir as string)

packages/pnpm/src/main.ts

@@ -87,15 +87,6 @@ export default async function run (inputArgv: string[]) {
     process.env['FORCE_COLOR'] = '0'
   }
 
-  if (config.useBetaCli && cmd === 'remove' && config.argv.remain[0] === 'r') {
-    // Reporting is not initialized at this point, so just printing the error
-    console.error(`${chalk.bgRed.black('\u2009ERROR\u2009')} ${
-      chalk.red("The 'r' alias for 'pnpm remove' is deprecated.")}`)
-    console.log(`For help, run: pnpm help ${cmd}`)
-    process.exit(1)
-    return
-  }
-
   const selfUpdate = config.global && (cmd === 'add' || cmd === 'update') && cliParams.includes(packageManager.name)
 
   // Don't check for updates