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🔗 Linked issue

Closes #1973

🧭 Context

Previously it was only possible to compare the latest versions of 2 different package

📚 Description

The /compare page now allows specifying specific versions of packages to compare

And now it is possible to compare the same package across different versions

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📝 Summary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Package comparisons recognise version-specific entries, use package names for replacement suggestions and prevent another version of a selected package appearing as a duplicate.
  • Version comparisons display relevant facets, start with dependency comparisons and show trend charts when at least two distinct packages are compared.
• Improvements
  • Chart labels include package versions where available, are shortened less aggressively and retain consistent framework colours across versions of the same package.
  • Empty and duplicate package entries are rejected. When package details are unavailable, comparisons use names and versions parsed from package specifications.

The comparison page now supports comparing versions of the same package. It parses package specs, filters facets for version comparisons, and uses base package names for replacement suggestions and trend charts.

Changes: Package version comparison

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Comparison utilities and sentinel shared/utils/compare.ts, app/composables/usePackageComparison.ts	Shared utilities define the no-dependency sentinel, identify version comparisons, return unique base packages, and resolve package display information. The composable imports the sentinel from the shared utility.
Package selection and replacement inputs app/components/Compare/PackageSelector.vue, app/composables/useCompareReplacements.ts	Package selection trims and validates specs, filters results by selected base names, and routes selected packages by parsed name and version. Replacement fetches and suggestions use unique base names and exclude the sentinel.
Comparison page and version-specific facets app/pages/compare.vue, app/components/Compare/FacetSelector.vue, app/components/Compare/FacetScatterChart.vue	The page parses package specs for comparison columns and replacement lookups. It filters facets across exports and rendered views, and uses unique base packages for trends. The facet selector and scatter chart apply version-specific facet filtering.
Chart package labels and colours app/components/Compare/FacetBarChart.vue, app/utils/compare-scatter-chart.ts, test/unit/app/utils/compare-scatter-chart.spec.ts, test/nuxt/a11y.spec.ts	Chart data uses resolved package display information for labels and framework colour lookup. Scatter labels use an ellipsis limit of 18. Tests expect the updated limit and supply the required bar-chart data prop.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PackageSelector
  participant ComparePage
  participant CompareUtilities
  participant FacetSelector
  participant ComparisonViews
  PackageSelector->>ComparePage: selected package specs
  ComparePage->>CompareUtilities: determine base packages and version comparison
  CompareUtilities-->>ComparePage: base packages and comparison state
  ComparePage->>FacetSelector: version comparison state
  FacetSelector-->>ComparePage: filtered facets
  ComparePage->>ComparisonViews: filtered facets and base packages

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Suggested reviewers: serhalp, graphieros

Priority: Normal

Merge Risk: Low · previous review 1b495

Some comparisons can show ambiguous labels, stale chart axes, incorrect headers, or an incorrect metric. The issues are bounded but merit follow-up.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: support for comparing specific package versions.
Linked Issues check		Issue [#1973] requests comparison of different package versions on /compare. The reviewed changes parse package specifications, retain package versions in comparison columns and labels, support mult…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed files support the linked feature. compare.vue, the comparison selectors and composables, shared comparison helpers, and chart components implement version-aware selection, display, facet…
Description check		The description clearly explains support for comparing specific package versions and comparing different versions of the same package. This matches the changeset.

Full details: Linked Issues check

Explanation

Issue [#1973] requests comparison of different package versions on /compare. The reviewed changes parse package specifications, retain package versions in comparison columns and labels, support multiple versions of one package, prevent duplicate base-package selections, and filter package-level facets when the comparison uses versions. The changes also update the affected unit and accessibility tests. The issue has no additional coding requirements.

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Explanation

The changed files support the linked feature. compare.vue, the comparison selectors and composables, shared comparison helpers, and chart components implement version-aware selection, display, facet handling, and chart data. The test changes cover the updated chart labels and accessibility inputs. No unrelated change is demonstrated.

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❌ Patch coverage is 70.23810% with 25 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ All tests successful. No failed tests found.

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
app/components/Compare/FacetBarChart.vue	50.00%	6 Missing and 2 partials ⚠️
app/components/Compare/PackageSelector.vue	62.50%	1 Missing and 5 partials ⚠️
app/pages/compare.vue	66.66%	4 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
app/components/Compare/FacetScatterChart.vue	66.66%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
shared/utils/compare.ts	84.61%	1 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️
app/components/Compare/FacetSelector.vue	91.66%	1 Missing ⚠️
app/utils/compare-scatter-chart.ts	50.00%	0 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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Done

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Minor · Allow bare package names after pinned selections. · PackageSelector.vue:50-59

app/components/Compare/PackageSelector.vue:50-59
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Allow bare package names after pinned selections.

Entering lodash@latest already works after selecting lodash@3.10.1. The comparison route resolves latest through the package's dist-tags and fetches that manifest.

The selection-order defect affects only bare lodash. A pinned selection hides the bare package from filteredResults, so the Enter fallback rejects it. Hide a package only when its unversioned entry is already selected.

Suggested fix

-const selectedBaseNames = computed(() => new Set(packages.value.map(p => parsePackageSpec(p).name)))
+const selectedUnversionedNames = computed(
+  () =>
+    new Set(
+      packages.value
+        .map(p => parsePackageSpec(p))
+        .filter(p => !p.version)
+        .map(p => p.name),
+    ),
+)

 const filteredResults = computed(() => {
   if (!searchData.value?.objects) return []
   return searchData.value.objects
@@
-    .filter(r => !selectedBaseNames.value.has(r.name))
+    .filter(r => !selectedUnversionedNames.value.has(r.name))
 })

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Review comment at @app/components/Compare/PackageSelector.vue around lines 50 -
59:
Update selectedBaseNames and filteredResults so a package is hidden only when
its unversioned entry is selected; pinned selections such as lodash@3.10.1 must
not hide the bare lodash result. Use parsePackageSpec to identify selections
without a version, and filter against those names.

Minor · Use a unique key for each selected package specification. · compare.vue:57-68

app/pages/compare.vue:57-68
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use a unique key for each selected package specification.

The direct removal case is safe because Vue synchronises the matching prefix and suffix. However, changing the URL selection from [pkg@1, pkg@2, other] to [other, pkg@1] enters Vue's duplicate-key branch.

Both old pkg headers can be patched against the same new vnode. The grid can therefore retain two pkg@1 headers and links.

Suggested fix

 interface ComparisonGridColumn {
+  key: string
   name: string
   version?: string
@@
-          :key="col.name"
+          :key="col.key"

       return {
+        key: `${pkg}:${originalIndex}`,
         name: data?.package.name || parsed.name,
         version: data?.package.version || parsed.version,

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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
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Review comment at @app/pages/compare.vue around lines 57 - 68:
Give each package-column object returned by the package mapping a key unique to
that selected specification, using the package value and its selection index;
update the grid’s vnode key to use this new key instead of the package name.

---

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @app/components/Compare/FacetBarChart.vue:
- Around line 111-112: Update the deduplication flow using seen so duplicate
packages are not discarded solely because they appear later: prefer the entry
with a numeric facet value over one with a missing value, and fall back to the
missing value only when no duplicate has a numeric value.

---

Outside diff comments:
Review comments at @app/components/Compare/PackageSelector.vue:
- Around line 50-59: Update selectedBaseNames and filteredResults so a package
is hidden only when its unversioned entry is selected; pinned selections such as
lodash@3.10.1 must not hide the bare lodash result. Use parsePackageSpec to
identify selections without a version, and filter against those names.

Review comments at @app/pages/compare.vue:
- Around line 57-68: Give each package-column object returned by the package
mapping a key unique to that selected specification, using the package value and
its selection index; update the grid’s vnode key to use this new key instead of
the package name.

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[graphieros]

It's ok for labels now ✓

I noticed a few other issues:

1. when searching for a version without the patch unit, for example vue@3.3, it fails to load the stats for an expected 3.3.0. It would be more resilient to resolve to x.x.0 in this case
2. discoverability: it should be indicated somewhere that comparing different versions of a package is possible, with an example of a valid search
3. packages with long names are ellipsed in the scatter chart, masking the version number :

A possible solution would be to display the version below the plot in the chart (label on top, plot, version below). But this could be addressed later, as it may come with its own set of impacts and challenges.

[gameroman]

1. when searching for a version without the patch unit, for example vue@3.3, it fails to load the stats for an expected 3.3.0. It would be more resilient to resolve to x.x.0 in this case

3.3 is a semver rather than a version I think. Some may expect it to resolve to the latest 3.3.x version instead of 3.3.0

In this PR only exact versions are supported at the moment, semver is out of scope for this PR and can be done in the next PR

2. discoverability: it should be indicated somewhere that comparing different versions of a package is possible, with an example of a valid search

I'll add something and add a note that only exact versions are supported for now 👍

3. packages with long names are ellipsed in the scatter chart, masking the version number

A possible solution would be to display the version below the plot in the chart (label on top, plot, version below). But this could be addressed later, as it may come with its own set of impacts and challenges.

I think this can also be addressed in this PR since this is not just about versions

For example we currently have this for long scoped npm packages:

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2. discoverability: it should be indicated somewhere that comparing different versions of a package is possible, with an example of a valid search

Done

[graphieros]

Way better with discoverability 👍