No update in Workspace References dependencies for dist/<lib>/package.json when using conventional-commits & projectsRelationship is independent, When only one lib is affected.

[parveen1112]

Current Behavior

In an independent projects setup with conventional-commits versioning & projectsRelationship": "independent" with workspace dependencies, when

mylib2 package.json

    "dependencies": {
        "mylib": "workspace:^"
    }

mylib2 consumes mylib. Changes only affect mylib2.
nx release is run

then in the /package.json

-   "dependencies": {
        "mylib": "workspace:^"
-   }
+     "dependencies": {
        "mylib": "workspace:^"
+     },

Expected Behavior

in the /package.json, it should always update the workspace dependencies.

-   "dependencies": {
        "mylib": "workspace:^"
-   }
+     "dependencies": {
        "mylib": "<git-tag version>"
+     },

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/parveen1112/nx-changelog-issue-repro

Steps to Reproduce

1The repro is already configured with the appropriate git history to trigger the issue. There is 1 feat for lib2.

Clone the repo
Run:
Use Node version >= 18

corepack enable
pnpm install
pnpm exec nx run-many --target=build --all
pnpm exec nx release --dry-run

You will dist/mylib2/package.json still has workspace dependencies. As its not replaced by version.

Nx Report

 NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node   : 21.1.0
OS     : darwin-arm64
pnpm   : 9.3.0

nx (global)        : 19.1.1
nx                 : 19.3.0
@nx/js             : 19.3.0
@nx/jest           : 19.3.0
@nx/eslint         : 19.3.0
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 19.3.0
@nx/react          : 19.3.0
@nx/rollup         : 19.3.0
@nx/web            : 19.3.0
@nx/webpack        : 19.3.0
typescript         : 5.4.5
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/rollup/plugin
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin
@nx/webpack/plugin

FYI tried with 19.3.2 as well same error. Only fix is with Changelog doesn't have null anymore.

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