[TRACKING] v9.x

[darcyclarke]

Epics:

• Epic: Display Progress #422
• Epic: Testing #410
• Epic: Resolve v6 -> v7 regressions #397
• Epic: Error code cleanup #408
• Epic: Enable secure, friction-less & reproducible bug reports #444
• Epic: Performance Investigation Spike #406
• Epic: npm exec spec issues #403
• Epic: Resolve npm --global issues #404
• Epic: refactor npm commands #402
• Epic: importmap command #396

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Features:

• feat(update): add --prefer-dedupe support #505
• feat(install): add --prefer-dedupe support #506
• feat(config): Support Command-Specific Config #461
• feat(add): New command to add packages without reifying entire tree #464
• feat(register): New command which will have an alias for the legacy adduser #465
• feat(org): support setting a default team when inviting new users #429
• feat(token): support automation tokens via --token-type #427
• feat(token): support token names #425
• feat(login): New command abstracting away legacy adduser flow #466
• feat(login): support token names #426
• feat(run): New command becomes the default & run-script is the alias #467
• feat: New Output/UI for numerous commands (ex. npm install, npm audit & npm outdated) #471
• feat(deprecations): New command & npm install UX/UI #475
• feat(access): add new get, set & list #477
• feat(init): add --init-private config #507
• feat(npr): Introduce new binary to explicitely run package scripts #468
• feat(distributions): Support Package Distributions/Variants #462
• feat: add new npm merge command #438
• feat(run-script): add --short-ciruit support [FEATURE] run-script with workspaces should short-circuit on script error rfcs#575
• feat(exec): add support for --location (similar to npm config)
• feat(version): add new config workspace-tag-version-prefix (ref. [RRFC] workspace-tag-version-prefix config rfcs#570)
• feat(version): add new config tag-version-prefix (ref. [RRFC] workspace-tag-version-prefix config rfcs#570)
• feat(install): add new config --before-relative (ref. https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/duration.html)

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Docs:

• docs(config): document no- prefixed configs more clearly #398
• docs(project): why, what, how... #431
• docs(deprecations): Improve Documentation on Package deprecations #409
• docs(cache): add cache clean <key> reference #423
• docs(overrides): install has references to overrides #419
• docs(logging): add section about debug.log's security & that private/secure information may exist there #432
• docs(shrinkwrap): document packlist behavior #428
• docs: Document exit handler not called in resource constrained environments #395

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Chores:

• chore(changelog): should link to dependency bug fixes #405
• chore(changelog): should link to dependency bug fixes #405
• refactor(arborist): refactor business logic from graph logic #469
• refactor(logs): Standardize --json support & output across all commands #470
• refactor(config): New Argument Parser #472