Release/v8.5.0

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v8.5.0 (2022-02-10)

Features

• 0cc9d4c51 #4372 feat(deps): @npmcli/config@3.0.0 - introduce automatic workspace roots (@nlf)

Bug Fixes

• fb6e2ddf9 #4386 fix(log): pass in logger to more external modules (@wraithgar)
• 0e231d4a4 #4389 fix(pack): let libnpmpack take care of file writes (@nlf)
• e2f1f7b04 #4389 fix(publish): pass dryRun: true to libnpmpack so it doesnt write a tarball (@nlf)
• 2937b43d4 #4389 fix(config): add pack-destination flattener (@nlf)

Documentation

• b836d596f #4384 docs: add cross-references between npx and npm exec (@Delapouite)
• f3fbeea5a #4388 docs: add --save-bundle to --save usage output (@wraithgar)

Dependencies

• 8732f393e deps: @npmcli/arborist@4.3.1
  • 2ba09cc0d #4371 fix(arborist): check if a spec is a workspace before fetching a manifest, closes #3637 (@nlf)
  • e631faf7b #4387 fix(arborist): save bundleDependencies to package.json when reifying (@wraithgar)
• d3a7c15e1 deps: libnpmpack@3.1.0
  • 4884821f6 #4389 feat(libnpmpack): write tarball file when dryRun === false (@nlf)
• ab926995e #4393 deps: npm-registry-fetch@12.0.2
• 1c0d0699c #4394 deps: npmlog@6.0.1
  • changed notice color from blue to cyan for improved readability
• 3c33a5842 #4400 deps: make-fetch-happen@10.0.2

[npm-robot]

found 20 benchmarks with statistically significant performance improvements

• app-large: clean, lock-only, cache-only, cache-only:peer-deps, modules-only, no-lock, no-cache, no-modules, no-clean, no-clean:audit
• app-medium: clean, lock-only, cache-only, cache-only:peer-deps, modules-only, no-lock, no-cache, no-modules, no-clean, no-clean:audit

timing results

app-large	clean	lock-only	cache-only	cache-only peer-deps	modules-only	no-lock	no-cache	no-modules	no-clean	no-clean audit
npm@8	53.902 ±1.14	27.089 ±0.14	16.123 ±0.03	18.374 ±0.89	2.708 ±0.01	2.723 ±0.00	2.194 ±0.01	10.652 ±0.08	2.154 ±0.01	3.121 ±0.05
#4402	0.385 ±0.00	0.395 ±0.01	0.383 ±0.00	0.386 ±0.00	0.385 ±0.00	0.389 ±0.00	0.383 ±0.00	0.384 ±0.00	0.384 ±0.00	0.380 ±0.00

app-medium	clean	lock-only	cache-only	cache-only peer-deps	modules-only	no-lock	no-cache	no-modules	no-clean	no-clean audit
npm@8	34.630 ±0.25	20.960 ±0.03	11.743 ±0.06	13.066 ±0.11	2.434 ±0.00	2.440 ±0.03	2.194 ±0.01	7.924 ±0.03	2.056 ±0.01	2.826 ±0.10
#4402	0.386 ±0.00	0.383 ±0.00	0.386 ±0.01	0.382 ±0.00	0.385 ±0.00	0.384 ±0.00	0.400 ±0.02	0.383 ±0.00	0.381 ±0.00	0.381 ±0.00