[BUG] Query dependencies of a child workspace returns no results

[Carl-Foster]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

Dependencies of a child workspace are not returned during npm query.

Given a dependency chain applications/my-app -> packages/top-level-library -> packages/lower-level-library,
When I query with selector .workspace > .workspace > *
Then no dependencies are returned.

Expected Behavior

Dependencies of child workspaces should be returned with npm query.

Given a dependency chain applications/my-app -> packages/top-level-library -> packages/lower-level-library,
When I query with selector .workspace > .workspace > *
Then lower-level-library is returned.

Steps To Reproduce

1. Setup:

$ mkdir test-workspaces && cd test-workspaces
$ npm init -y
$ npm init -y -w applications/my-app
$ npm init -y -w packages/top-level-library
$ npm init -y -w packages/lower-level-library
$ npm install -w packages/top-level-library ./packages/lower-level-library
$ npm install -w applications/my-app ./packages/top-level-library

2. Query:

$ npm query ".workspace" | jq 'map(.name)|join(",")'
my-app,top-level-library,lower-level-library
$ npm query ".workspace > .workspace" | jq 'map(.name)|join(",")'
top-level-library,lower-level-library
$ npm query ".workspace > .workspace > .workspace" | jq 'map(.name)|join(",")'

Environment

• npm: 9.8.1, 10.1.0
• Node.js: 18.18.0
• OS Name: MacOS
• System Model Name: Macbook Pro
• npm config:

; copy and paste output from `npm config ls` here

[Carl-Foster]

This is a particular annoyance as I want to find all child workspaces for a specific application workspace however it only ever returns the direct children. This is in contrast to the behaviour of non-workspace dependencies.