feat!: link-workspace-packages is false by default (#7485)

.changeset/red-drinks-brake.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/config": major
+"pnpm": major
+---
+
+The default value of the `link-workspace-packages` setting changed from `true` to `false`. This means that by default, dependencies will be linked from workspace packages only when they are specified using the [workspace protocol](https://pnpm.io/workspaces#workspace-protocol-workspace).

config/config/src/index.ts

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ export async function getConfig (
     'hoist-workspace-packages': false,
     'ignore-workspace-cycles': false,
     'ignore-workspace-root-check': false,
-    'link-workspace-packages': true,
+    'link-workspace-packages': false,
     'lockfile-include-tarball-url': false,
     'modules-cache-max-age': 7 * 24 * 60, // 7 days
     'node-linker': 'isolated',

exec/plugin-commands-script-runners/test/exec.e2e.ts

@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ test('pnpm recursive exec --no-sort', async () => {
       version: '1.0.0',
 
       dependencies: {
-        'b-dependency': '1.0.0',
+        'b-dependency': 'workspace:*',
       },
       scripts: {
         build: server.sendLineScript('a-dependent'),

pnpm/test/filterProd.test.ts

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test.each([
     {
       name: 'project-1',
       version: '1.0.0',
-      dependencies: { 'project-2': '1.0.0', 'project-3': '1.0.0' },
+      dependencies: { 'project-2': 'workspace:*', 'project-3': 'workspace:*' },
       scripts: {
         test: server.sendLineScript('project-1'),
       },
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ test.each([
     {
       name: 'project-3',
       version: '1.0.0',
-      dependencies: { 'project-2': '1.0.0' },
+      dependencies: { 'project-2': 'workspace:*' },
       scripts: {
         test: server.sendLineScript('project-3'),
       },
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ test.each([
       name: 'project-4',
       version: '1.0.0',
       dependencies: {},
-      devDependencies: { 'project-3': '1.0.0' },
+      devDependencies: { 'project-3': 'workspace:*' },
       scripts: {
         test: server.sendLineScript('project-4'),
       },

pnpm/test/monorepo/index.ts

@@ -1306,7 +1306,7 @@ test("linking the package's bin to another workspace package in a monorepo", asy
       version: '2.0.0',
 
       dependencies: {
-        hello: '1.0.0',
+        hello: 'workspace:*',
       },
     },
   ], { manifestFormat: 'YAML' })

pnpm/test/recursive/misc.ts

@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ test('recursive command with filter from config', async () => {
 
       dependencies: {
         'is-positive': '1.0.0',
-        'project-2': '1.0.0',
+        'project-2': 'workspace:*',
       },
     },
     {