Releaser removes the `private` field in `package.json` file.

[trungleduc]

Description

• The commit created by the releaser removes my private field in the package.json file. For example this commit:

Reproduce

Release a jupyterlab extension with a private npm package.

Expected behavior

This field is not touched.

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[jtpio]

The commit created by the releaser removes my private field in the package.json file. For example this commit:

Could it be because this package.json had:

"private":"true",

instead of:

"private": true,

Note the second snippet passes true as a boolean, which should be the way for specifying a package is private.

Also the releaser handles private npm packages (which is often be the case in monorepos).

[trungleduc]

Nice catch, thanks @jtpio