Zoltan Kochan 0e4436fe9f fix: keep a declared range an override repeats verbatim (#14234)
An override governs a direct dependency's specifier whether or not it
rewrites the text. When it repeats the declared range, the overrides hook
leaves the manifest byte-identical, so comparing the hooked manifest with
the one on disk — the test the previous fix used — sees nothing. `pnpm
update` then moved the declaration onto the version it resolved while the
override held the resolver's view at the old range, and the lockfile
recorded a specifier the manifest never shows. The next
`--frozen-lockfile` install rejected the pair.

The overrides hook now also answers which of a manifest's dependencies it
claims, so the manifest writer can recognise a declaration it does not
own even where no text changed. pacquet reaches the same entries through
`ManifestSpecBumps`, whose apply step consults the run's own
`VersionsOverrider` before moving a range.

Closes pnpm/pnpm#14224
2026-08-27 17:55:12 +02:00
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