dynamically add overrides if the version is a pre-release in npm

Author: mansona

lib/dependency-manager-adapters/npm.js

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const debug = require('debug')('ember-try:dependency-manager-adapter:npm');
 const rimraf = util.promisify(require('rimraf'));
 const chalk = require('chalk');
+const semver = require('semver');
 
 module.exports = CoreObject.extend({
   init() {
@@ -202,6 +203,15 @@ module.exports = CoreObject.extend({
         delete packageJSON[kindOfDependency][packageName];
       } else {
         packageJSON[kindOfDependency][packageName] = version;
+
+        // in npm we need to always add an override if the version is a pre-release
+        if (semver.prerelease(version) || /^https*:\/\/.*\.tg*z/.test(version)) {
+          if (!packageJSON.overrides) {
+            packageJSON.overrides = {};
+          }
+
+          packageJSON.overrides[packageName] = `$${packageName}`;
+        }
       }
     });
   },

package.json

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "fs-extra": "^6.0.1",
     "resolve": "^1.20.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+    "semver": "^7.5.4",
     "walk-sync": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

smoke-test-app/package-lock.json

@@ -4195,6 +4195,7 @@ ember-try@../:
     fs-extra "^6.0.1"
     resolve "^1.20.0"
     rimraf "^3.0.2"
+    semver "^7.5.4"
     walk-sync "^2.2.0"
 
 emoji-regex@^8.0.0:

smoke-test-app/yarn.lock

@@ -7036,6 +7036,13 @@ semver@^6.0.0, semver@^6.1.0, semver@^6.2.0, semver@^6.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz#ee0a64c8af5e8ceea67687b133761e1becbd1d3d"
   integrity sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw==
 
+semver@^7.5.4:
+  version "7.5.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-7.5.4.tgz#483986ec4ed38e1c6c48c34894a9182dbff68a6e"
+  integrity sha512-1bCSESV6Pv+i21Hvpxp3Dx+pSD8lIPt8uVjRrxAUt/nbswYc+tK6Y2btiULjd4+fnq15PX+nqQDC7Oft7WkwcA==
+  dependencies:
+    lru-cache "^6.0.0"
+
 [email protected]:
   version "0.17.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/send/-/send-0.17.1.tgz#c1d8b059f7900f7466dd4938bdc44e11ddb376c8"