chore: temp wizard fix for dud next version

Author: johnjenkins

packages/cli/src/_test_/apply.spec.ts

@@ -231,14 +231,14 @@ describe('copyTemplate — package.json merge', () => {
     expect(written.dependencies['@stencil/core']).toBe('link:../local/packages/core');
   });
 
-  it('uses the provided stencil version in devDependencies', async () => {
+  it('pins the provided stencil version in devDependencies (no caret)', async () => {
     const existing = { name: 'my-app' };
     fsPromises.readFile.mockResolvedValueOnce(JSON.stringify(existing));
 
     await copyTemplate('/project', 'my-app', 'MyApp', '5.0.0-alpha.8');
 
     const written = JSON.parse(vi.mocked(fsPromises.writeFile).mock.calls[0][1] as string);
-    expect(written.devDependencies['@stencil/core']).toBe('^5.0.0-alpha.8');
+    expect(written.devDependencies['@stencil/core']).toBe('5.0.0-alpha.8');
   });
 
   it('falls back to ^5.0.0 when no stencil version is provided', async () => {

packages/cli/src/wizard/init/apply.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ export async function copyTemplate(
 ) {
   const templateDir = getTemplatePath('component-starter');
   const entries = await readdir(templateDir, { recursive: true, withFileTypes: true });
-  const resolvedStencilVersion = stencilVersion ? `^${stencilVersion}` : '^5.0.0';
+  // TEMP: pin exact version (no caret range). npm has a bad "5.0.0-next.0" prerelease whose
+  // precedence is higher than our alpha releases; caret range resolves to it.
+  // Revert to `^${stencilVersion}` once there is a version with a higher precedence than "5.0.0-next.0".
+  const resolvedStencilVersion = stencilVersion ?? '^5.0.0';
 
   for (const entry of entries) {
     if (!entry.isFile()) continue;