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v21.2.2 seems to be unable to handle npm workspaces

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area: @angular/cli freq1: low gemini-triaged ng update DX severity5: regression type: bug/fix
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Description

### Command

update

### Is this a regression?

- [x] Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version

### The previous version in which this bug was not present was

v20

### Description

While using npm workspaces, `ng update @angular/core@21` (or any other angular package) with installed version `@angular/cli@21` fails with the following error:
```
Using package manager: npm
Collecting installed dependencies...
Found 1 dependencies.
Package '@angular/core' is not a dependency.
```
This does not happen in the same repo with v20 installed (and trying to update to v20). It also does not happen in a repo without npm workspaces.

### Minimal Reproduction

See https://github.com/jsangmeister/angular-cli-repro

I created the repo as follows:
```
npm init
mkdir apps
cd apps
ng new test-app
```
and then moving some files to the top level, e.g., the git folder.

When running `cd apps/test-app && ng update @angular/core@21`, the error appears.

### Exception or Error

```text
Package '@angular/core' is not a dependency.
```

### Your Environment

```text
_ _ ____ _ ___
/ \ _ __ __ _ _ _| | __ _ _ __ / ___| | |_ _|
/ △ \ | '_ \ / _` | | | | |/ _` | '__| | | | | | |
/ ___ \| | | | (_| | |_| | | (_| | | | |___| |___ | |
/_/ \_\_| |_|\__, |\__,_|_|\__,_|_| \____|_____|___|
|___/

Angular CLI : 21.2.2
Angular : 21.2.4
Node.js : 24.10.0
Package Manager : npm 11.9.0
Operating System : linux x64

┌───────────────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┐
│ Package │ Installed Version │ Requested Version │
├───────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ @angular/build │ 21.2.2 │ ^21.2.2 │
│ @angular/cli │ 21.2.2 │ ^21.2.2 │
│ @angular/common │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ @angular/compiler │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ @angular/compiler-cli │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ @angular/core │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ @angular/forms │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ @angular/platform-browser │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ @angular/router │ 21.2.4 │ ^21.2.0 │
│ rxjs │ 7.8.2 │ ~7.8.0 │
│ typescript │ 5.9.3 │ ~5.9.2 │
│ vitest │ 4.1.0 │ ^4.0.8 │
└───────────────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┘
```

### Anything else relevant?

_No response_

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start with the linked minimal reproduction and run `cd apps/test-app && ng update @angular/core@21` using Angular CLI 21.2.2 in an npm-workspaces repository. Compare the result with the same update under v20 or without workspaces; done means Angular packages are recognized as dependencies and the update proceeds without the reported error.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
angular, node.js, typescript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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