[BUG] npm install - Bundled dependencies are not saved to package.json

[CodyEakins]

Current Behavior:

If you install any package with the bundled dependency flag:

npm install <package-name> --save-bundle

... <package-name> is not added to the bundledDependencies array in your package.json file.

Expected Behavior:

When installing any package with the bundled dependency flag (--save-bundle or -B), the package should be installed and added to the bundledDependencies array in your package.json file.

Steps To Reproduce:

1. In this environment, create a new directory, step into it, and run npm init.
2. After creating a plain/empty package.json, run npm install <package-name> --save-bundle.
3. Open package.json, and discover that the bundledDependencies field does not exist, and <package-name> is not listed within it.

Environment:

• OS: Ubuntu 20.10
• Node: 14.15.0
• npm: 7.11.2

Additional Comments:

Interestingly enough, if you run npm install --help on v7.11.2, you'll see:

npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>@<tag>
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>@<version>
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>@<version range>
npm install <alias>@npm:<name>
npm install <folder>
npm install <tarball file>
npm install <tarball url>
npm install <git:// url>
npm install <github username>/<github project>

Options:
[-S|--save|--no-save|--save-prod|--save-dev|--save-optional|--save-peer]
[-E|--save-exact]

Notice that the --save-bundle flag IS NOT documented. However, if you read the v7 npm install docs, you'll see that the bundled dependency flags and behaviors ARE documented.

[wraithgar]

--save-bundle is a valid config flag and should be showing up in the help output, so there are two bugs here: the missing behavior and the incorrect help output.

[CodyEakins]

--save-bundle is a valid config flag and should be showing up in the help output, so there are two bugs here: the missing behavior and the incorrect help output.

I can write another issue if you'd like. Please make this issue more about the missing behavior; not the documentation issue.

[wraithgar]

It is, that is just a note for whoever picks this up.

[menduz]

Hello, is there something we can do to help with this issue? It is affecting our operations at the Decentraland Community

[wraithgar]

fixed by #4387 (and docs update is in #4388)