pnpm why command has default depth = 0. making the default behavior not very useful

[bman654]

pnpm version: 9.14.3

with these declared dependencies:

  "dependencies": {
    "embedded-postgres": "17.2.0-beta.14",
    "rxjs": "^7.8.1",
    "winston": "^3.17.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@eslint/js": "^9.16.0",
    "@smarttools/eslint-plugin-rxjs": "^1.0.7",
    "@types/node": "^22.10.1",
    "eslint": "^9.16.0",
    "eslint-config-prettier": "^9.1.0",
    "eslint-import-resolver-typescript": "^3.6.3",
    "eslint-plugin-import-x": "^4.4.3",
    "eslint-plugin-n": "^17.14.0",
    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^7.2.1",
    "globals": "^15.12.0",
    "husky": "^9.1.7",
    "lint-staged": "^15.2.10",
    "prettier": "^3.4.1",
    "rimraf": "^6.0.1",
    "typescript": "^5.7.2",
    "typescript-eslint": "^8.16.0"
  },

I wanted to see what version of pg was pulled in transitively so I did:

pnpm why pg

and got back nothing.

I had to google around a bit and finally do:

pnpm why --depth 1 pg

to get back results.

[00:35:33 /d/dev/adj (main)] 519$ pnpm why pg
[00:42:02 /d/dev/adj (main)] 520$ pnpm why --depth 1 pg
Legend: production dependency, optional only, dev only

@oms/[email protected] D:\dev\adj

dependencies:
embedded-postgres 17.2.0-beta.14
└── pg 8.13.1
[00:42:09 /d/dev/adj (main)] 521$ 

I do not know if this behavior is intended or accidental. If it's intended, I guess this is a feature request to change it? Seems like default depth of 0 for this command is not very useful. Most developers know why their direct dependencies are installed (because they are listed in package.json). If a dev is running pnpm why it is almost certainly to discover why a transitive dependency is installed. IMO default depth should be Infinity for this command.

Thanks