Add --min-satisfying option to fix command

src/commands/fix/agent-fix.mts

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ export type FixConfig = {
   autoMerge: boolean
   cwd: string
   limit: number
+  minSatisfying: boolean
   purls: string[]
   rangeStyle: RangeStyle
   spinner: Spinner | undefined
@@ -113,8 +114,16 @@ export async function agentFix(
   fixConfig: FixConfig,
 ): Promise<CResult<{ fixed: boolean }>> {
   const { pkgPath: rootPath } = pkgEnvDetails
-  const { autoMerge, cwd, limit, rangeStyle, spinner, test, testScript } =
-    fixConfig
+  const {
+    autoMerge,
+    cwd,
+    limit,
+    minSatisfying,
+    rangeStyle,
+    spinner,
+    test,
+    testScript,
+  } = fixConfig
 
   let count = 0
 
@@ -292,11 +301,10 @@ export async function agentFix(
           firstPatchedVersionIdentifier,
           vulnerableVersionRange,
         } of infos) {
-          const newVersion = findBestPatchVersion(
-            node,
-            availableVersions,
+          const newVersion = findBestPatchVersion(node, availableVersions, {
+            minSatisfying,
             vulnerableVersionRange,
-          )
+          })
           const newVersionPackument = newVersion
             ? packument.versions[newVersion]
             : undefined

src/commands/fix/cmd-fix.mts

@@ -53,6 +53,18 @@ const config: CliCommandConfig = {
       default: Infinity,
       description: 'The number of fixes to attempt at a time',
     },
+    maxSatisfying: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: true,
+      description: 'Use the maximum satisfying version for dependency updates',
+      hidden: true,
+    },
+    minSatisfying: {
+      type: 'boolean',
+      default: false,
+      description:
+        'Constrain dependency updates to the minimum satisfying version',
+    },
     purl: {
       type: 'string',
       default: [],
@@ -170,6 +182,8 @@ async function run(
     (cli.flags['limit']
       ? parseInt(String(cli.flags['limit'] || ''), 10)
       : Infinity) || Infinity
+  const maxSatisfying = Boolean(cli.flags['maxSatisfying'])
+  const minSatisfying = Boolean(cli.flags['minSatisfying']) || !maxSatisfying
   const purls = cmdFlagValueToArray(cli.flags['purl'])
   const testScript = String(cli.flags['testScript'] || 'test')
 
@@ -178,6 +192,7 @@ async function run(
     cwd,
     ghsas,
     limit,
+    minSatisfying,
     outputKind,
     purls,
     rangeStyle,

src/commands/fix/cmd-fix.test.mts

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe('socket fix', async () => {
             --ghsa            Provide a list of GHSA IDs (\\u200bhttps://docs.github.com/en/code-security/security-advisories/working-with-global-security-advisories-from-the-github-advisory-database/about-the-github-advisory-database#about-ghsa-ids\\u200b) to compute fixes for, as either a comma separated value or as multiple flags.
                               Use '--ghsa auto' to automatically lookup GHSA IDs and compute fixes for them.
             --limit           The number of fixes to attempt at a time
+            --minSatisfying   Constrain dependency updates to the minimum satisfying version
             --purl            Provide a list of PURLs (\\u200bhttps://github.com/package-url/purl-spec?tab=readme-ov-file#purl\\u200b) to compute fixes for, as either a comma separated value or as multiple flags,
                               instead of querying the Socket API
             --rangeStyle      Define how updated dependency versions should be written in package.json.

src/commands/fix/handle-fix.mts

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export async function handleFix({
   cwd,
   ghsas,
   limit,
+  minSatisfying,
   outputKind,
   purls,
   rangeStyle,
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ export async function handleFix({
       autoMerge,
       cwd,
       limit,
+      minSatisfying,
       purls,
       rangeStyle,
       spinner,

src/shadow/npm/arborist-helpers.mts

@@ -41,11 +41,20 @@ function getUrlOrigin(input: string): string {
   return ''
 }
 
+export type BestPatchVersionOptions = {
+  minSatisfying?: boolean | undefined
+  vulnerableVersionRange?: string | undefined
+}
+
 export function findBestPatchVersion(
   node: NodeClass,
   availableVersions: string[],
-  vulnerableVersionRange?: string,
+  options?: BestPatchVersionOptions | undefined,
 ): string | null {
+  const { minSatisfying = false, vulnerableVersionRange } = {
+    __proto__: null,
+    ...options,
+  } as BestPatchVersionOptions
   const manifestData = getManifestData(NPM, node.name)
   let eligibleVersions
   if (manifestData && manifestData.name === manifestData.package) {
@@ -68,7 +77,13 @@ export function findBestPatchVersion(
           !semver.satisfies(v, vulnerableVersionRange)),
     )
   }
-  return eligibleVersions ? semver.maxSatisfying(eligibleVersions, '*') : null
+  if (eligibleVersions) {
+    const satisfying = minSatisfying
+      ? semver.minSatisfying
+      : semver.maxSatisfying
+    return satisfying(eligibleVersions, '*')
+  }
+  return null
 }
 
 export function findPackageNode(