Example repository https changed to git+https by npm pkg fix

[MikeMcC399]

Location of issue

npm CLI > Configuring npm > package.json > repository
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/configuring-npm/package-json#repository

Source code location

https://github.com/npm/documentation/blob/main/content/cli/v10/configuring-npm/package-json.mdx#repository

Issue

Referring to the following example from Repository in the documentation:

{
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli.git"
  }
}

If a package.json is constructed using this example, then npm pkg fix changes the protocol from https to git+https

git+https is also used by the live version of the repo:
https://github.com/npm/cli/blob/latest/package.json#L28-L31 contains:

  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git"
  },

Expected

The Repository section should provide an example:

• which is not subject to correction by npm pkg fix
• if it uses https://github.com/npm/cli.git as an example, then the text in the npm documentation should correspond to the usage in the repository itself.

Steps to reproduce

Execute:

mkdir npm-repo-test
cd npm-repo-test
git init
npm init -y

Integrate the following example code

{
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli.git"
  }
}

from Repository into the package.json which was just generated, observing proper syntax.

Now execute:

git add .
git commit -m "baseline"
npm pkg fix
git diff

and note that the protocol has been changed from https to git+https:

$ git diff
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b0413a5..fc3050d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@
   "description": "",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
-    "url": "https://github.com/npm/cli.git"
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/npm/cli.git"
   }
 }

Environment

• npm: 10.8.1
• Node.js: v22.3.0

[MikeMcC399]

• Related to [DOCS] package.json#repository should clarify normalization steps and future plans. cli#7299

[MikeMcC399]

• PR fix: update repository.url in package.json cli#7418 updated urls from https to git+https

The example in Repository should also be updated for consistency.

[MikeMcC399]

This issue should be in https://github.com/npm/cli/issues