feat(cli/init): pick dependencies versions from our own package.json (#11705)

gulpfile.ts

@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ export class Gulpfile {
             .pipe(gulp.dest("./build/package"));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Move reference to package.json one level up
+     */
+    @Task()
+    movePackageJsonReferenceLevelUp() {
+        return gulp.src("./build/package/commands/InitCommand.js")
+            .pipe(replace(/\.\.\/package.json/g, "package.json"))
+            .pipe(gulp.dest("./build/package/commands"));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates a package that can be published to npm.
      */
@@ -243,7 +253,8 @@ export class Gulpfile {
                 "packageReplaceReferences",
                 "packagePreparePackageFile",
                 "packageCopyReadme",
-                "packageCopyShims"
+                "packageCopyShims",
+                "movePackageJsonReferenceLevelUp"
             ],
         ];
     }

package.json

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@eslint/js": "^9.36.0",
+    "@google-cloud/spanner": "^7.21.0",
     "@sap/hana-client": "^2.26.18",
     "@tsconfig/node16": "^16.1.5",
     "@types/chai": "^4.3.20",

src/commands/InitCommand.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import { TypeORMError } from "../error"
 import { PlatformTools } from "../platform/PlatformTools"
 import { CommandUtils } from "./CommandUtils"
 
+import ourPackageJson from "../../package.json"
+
 /**
  * Generates a new project with TypeORM.
  */
@@ -680,48 +682,53 @@ Steps to run this project:
 
         if (!packageJson.devDependencies) packageJson.devDependencies = {}
         packageJson.devDependencies = {
-            "@types/node": "^22.13.10",
-            "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-            typescript: "^5.8.2",
+            "@types/node": ourPackageJson.devDependencies["@types/node"],
+            "ts-node": ourPackageJson.devDependencies["ts-node"],
+            typescript: ourPackageJson.devDependencies.typescript,
             ...packageJson.devDependencies,
         }
 
         if (!packageJson.dependencies) packageJson.dependencies = {}
         packageJson.dependencies = {
             ...packageJson.dependencies,
-            "reflect-metadata": "^0.2.2",
-            typeorm:
-                require("../package.json").version !== "0.0.0"
-                    ? require("../package.json").version // install version from package.json if present
-                    : require("../package.json").installFrom, // else use custom source
+            "reflect-metadata": ourPackageJson.dependencies["reflect-metadata"],
+            typeorm: ourPackageJson.version,
         }
 
         switch (database) {
             case "mysql":
             case "mariadb":
-                packageJson.dependencies["mysql2"] = "^3.14.0"
+                packageJson.dependencies["mysql2"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies.mysql2
                 break
             case "postgres":
             case "cockroachdb":
-                packageJson.dependencies["pg"] = "^8.14.1"
+                packageJson.dependencies["pg"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies.pg
                 break
             case "sqlite":
-                packageJson.dependencies["sqlite3"] = "^5.1.7"
+                packageJson.dependencies["sqlite3"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies.sqlite3
                 break
             case "better-sqlite3":
-                packageJson.dependencies["better-sqlite3"] = "^8.7.0"
+                packageJson.dependencies["better-sqlite3"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies["better-sqlite3"]
                 break
             case "oracle":
-                packageJson.dependencies["oracledb"] = "^6.8.0"
+                packageJson.dependencies["oracledb"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies.oracledb
                 break
             case "mssql":
-                packageJson.dependencies["mssql"] = "^10.0.4"
+                packageJson.dependencies["mssql"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies.mssql
                 break
             case "mongodb":
-                packageJson.dependencies["mongodb"] = "^6.15.0"
+                packageJson.dependencies["mongodb"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies.mongodb
                 break
             case "spanner":
-                packageJson.dependencies["@google-cloud/spanner"] = "^7.19.1 "
+                packageJson.dependencies["@google-cloud/spanner"] =
+                    ourPackageJson.devDependencies["@google-cloud/spanner"]
                 break
         }
 

tsconfig.json

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "outDir": "build/compiled",
     "pretty": true,
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "strictFunctionTypes": false,
     "strictPropertyInitialization": false,