conventional-changelog-preset-loader dependency issue for yarn 2 and up

[rickh18]

The conventional-changelog-preset-loader has the conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits set under devDependencies

This breaks in yarn V2 and above.

ERROR Unable to load the "conventionalcommits" preset. Please make sure it's installed.

The conventionalcommits preset cannot be loaded. To fix this issue I've added a packageExtension in the yarnrc file:

.yarnrc.yml

packageExtensions:
  "conventional-changelog-preset-loader@^4.1.0":
    dependencies:
      conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits: ^7.0.2

After adding this all works as expected.

I think that adding it as an optional peer dependency would fix this. Then the conventionalcommits package can be added on an as needed basis. Alternatively, the package should be included as a dependency.

I assume that the same issue persist for the conventional-changelog-angular package.

I'm using this package through @release-it/conventional-changelog.

release-it.js

{
plugins: {
  '@release-it/conventional-changelog': {
    path: '.',
    infile: 'CHANGELOG.md',
    preset: {
      name: 'conventionalcommits',
      types: [
        { type: 'feat', section: 'Features' },
        { type: 'fix', section: 'Bug Fixes' },
      ],
    },
    gitRawCommitsOpts: {
      path: '.',
    },
  },
},
}

[dangreen]

@rickh18 Hi. Did you install conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits as dependency of your project?

[dangreen]

@rickh18 ping

[rickh18]

Hi @dangreen ,

Thank you for your response. installing conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits as a dependency does not resolve the issue. In yarn berry implicit imports does not work.

With these dependencies:

	"devDependencies": {
		"@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.1.0",
		"@release-it/conventional-changelog": "8.0.1",
		"conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^7.0.2",
		"release-it": "17.2.0"
	}

I still get the same error:

ERROR Unable to load the "conventionalcommits" preset. Please make sure it's installed.

Yarn calls this a ghost dependency.

I would suggest to at it as a peer dependency with peerDependencyMeta
as optional so that the user still has the choice between conventionalcommits and angular

[dangreen]

@rickh18 Please provide minimal reproduction. You can provide repo, or sandbox in codesandbox or in stackblitz

[dangreen]

@rickh18 ?