fix(ls): correctly show deduped dependencies #8217
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Attempt to fix
npm ls
outputProblem:
npm ls dep-name
ifdep-name
is a child of some deduped parent then whole tree would be shown till that parent but logicallydep-name
is still the child/grand-child of that.dep1
is ancestor ofdep2
which again depends ondep1
creating a cycle when explored, also the algorithm used is BFS so it's hard to detect cycle.Solution:
Progress:
Test output
`npm ls child` - before and after
fixes: #7917