sfdx force:project:create generates a project with an unexpected sourceAPIVersion in the sfdx-project.json

[ganesh2109-cloud]

Summary

sfdx force:project:create generates a project with a sfdx-project.json sourceAPIVersion which is hardcoded in @salesforce/templates/package.json

Steps To Reproduce:

sfdx config:set apiVersion=57.0 -g
sfdx force:project:create

Expected result

The sourceAPIVersion in sfdx-project.json should be 57.0
The sourceApiVersion in the sfdx-project.json should get the value from the sfdx-config.json first, if not defined there it should take the default value as it is now.

Actual result

It is always taken from the hardcoded "version" attribute in an internal @salesforce/templates/package.json

System Information

{
"cliVersion": "sfdx-cli/7.187.1",
"architecture": "win32-x64",
"nodeVersion": "node-v18.1.0",
"pluginVersions": [
"@oclif/plugin-autocomplete 1.4.4 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-commands 2.2.5 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-help 5.2.2 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-not-found 2.3.17 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-plugins 2.3.0 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-search 0.0.11 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-update 3.1.1 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-version 1.2.1 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-warn-if-update-available 2.0.24 (core)",
"@oclif/plugin-which 2.2.12 (core)",
"alias 2.2.0 (core)",
"apex 1.5.0 (core)",
"auth 2.4.0 (core)",
"community 2.2.0 (core)",
"config 1.5.0 (core)",
"custom-metadata 2.1.0 (core)",
"data 2.2.0 (core)",
"generator 2.0.17 (core)",
"info 2.4.0 (core)",
"limits 2.3.0 (core)",
"org 2.3.0 (core)",
"packaging 1.14.1 (core)",
"schema 2.3.0 (core)",
"signups 1.4.0 (core)",
"source 2.4.1 (core)",
"telemetry 2.1.0 (core)",
"templates 55.3.0 (core)",
"trust 2.4.0 (core)",
"user 2.3.0 (core)",
"@salesforce/sfdx-plugin-lwc-test 1.0.1 (core)",
"salesforce-alm 54.8.5 (core)"
],
"osVersion": "Windows_NT 10.0.19044",
"shell": "cmd.exe",
"rootPath": "C:\Users\M65F134\Downloads\node-v18.1.0-win-x64\node_modules\sfdx-cli"
}

Additional information

The same erroneous behavior is also in the latest-rc version: 7.188.1

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[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-12551179

[mshanemc]

I agree that's how it should work (it should use an --api-version flag that respects the config value like many other commands do).

[shetzel]

This is now in the latest CLI, 7.208.10