Make `bun install` install to a catalog automatically / strict catalog mode

[mfairley]

What is the problem this feature would solve?

If I'm using catalogs, I want every every package to set its dependencies using the catalog version in a monorepo. But if I run bun install package then it'll add a specific version as a dependency to the package I'm currently working on. I have to manually install to the catalog and update the package.json of the relevant packages.

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

Detect (or provide an option) to add a package to a catalog on bun install and set the version in the consuming package to "package": "catalog:",. This is the behavior of pnpm with catalogMode: strict https://pnpm.io/catalogs#catalogmode

What alternatives have you considered?

No response

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1. Add --catalog flag to bun add for catalog-based dependency management #24122

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