bcoe / bcoe/c8

v12.0.0 seems to have the wrong binary version

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Description

I started seeing odd problems when I tried upgrading from v11.0.0 to v12.0.0.

For example the binary version is as expected when pulling in c8 v11.0.0:

```
$ rm -rf node_modules
$ cat package.json | jq '.devDependencies.c8'
"^11.0.0"
$ npm install
$ npm list c8
xxxx@1.0.0 /x/x/xxxx
└── c8@11.0.0
$./node_modules/.bin/c8 --version
11.0.0
```

All of this looks good. But if update the package.json to pull in c8 v12.0.0, and repeat the above steps, I somehow end up pulling in version 1.0.0 of the binary:

```
$ rm -rf node_modules
$ cat package.json | jq '.devDependencies.c8'
"^12.0.0"
$ npm install
$ npm list c8
xxxx@1.0.0 /x/x/xxxx
└── c8@12.0.0
./node_modules/.bin/c8 --version
1.0.0
```

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Research direction

Reproduce the report using package.json, npm install, npm list c8, and ./node_modules/.bin/c8 --version for c8 v11.0.0 and v12.0.0. Inspect how the v12.0.0 package exposes its installed binary; done means the v12.0.0 command reports 12.0.0 rather than 1.0.0.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, node.js
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
72/100

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