changesets · Andarist · May 5, 2026 · May 4, 2026 · May 5, 2026
diff --git a/.changeset/public-zebras-hope.md b/.changeset/public-zebras-hope.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+"@changesets/get-version-range-type": minor
+"@changesets/assemble-release-plan": minor
+"@changesets/get-dependents-graph": minor
+"@changesets/apply-release-plan": minor
+"@changesets/changelog-github": minor
+"@changesets/get-release-plan": minor
+"@changesets/changelog-git": minor
+"@changesets/release-utils": minor
+"@changesets/parse": minor
+"@changesets/write": minor
+"@changesets/read": minor
+"@changesets/cli": minor
+"@changesets/git": minor
+---
+
+Add a named export that mirrors the current `default` export
+
+The `default` export is slated for removal in the next major release, so this ensures a smoother transition path.
diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -75,9 +75,20 @@ export default defineConfig(
         { ignores: ["fs/promises.cp", "import.meta.dirname"] },
       ],
 
+      "import-lite/no-default-export": "error",
       "import-lite/no-mutable-exports": "off", // TODO enable and fix errors
     },
   },
+  {
+    files: [
+      "**/index.ts", // to be removed in next release (v4) when we are dropping default export
+      "**/vitest.config.mts",
+      "**/eslint.config.mjs",
+    ],
+    rules: {
+      "import-lite/no-default-export": "off",
+    },
+  },
   {
     files: ["**/*.{js,mjs}"],
     ...tseslint.configs.disableTypeChecked,

diff --git a/packages/apply-release-plan/src/get-changelog-entry.ts b/packages/apply-release-plan/src/get-changelog-entry.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ async function generateChangesForVersionTypeMarkdown(
 }
 
 // release is the package and version we are releasing
-export default async function getChangelogEntry(
+export async function getChangelogEntry(
   cwd: string,
   release: ModCompWithPackage,
   releases: ModCompWithPackage[],

diff --git a/packages/apply-release-plan/src/index.ts b/packages/apply-release-plan/src/index.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "path";
 import prettier from "prettier";
 import { resolve } from "import-meta-resolve";
-import getChangelogEntry from "./get-changelog-entry.ts";
-import versionPackage from "./version-package.ts";
+import { getChangelogEntry } from "./get-changelog-entry.ts";
+import { versionPackage } from "./version-package.ts";
 import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async function getCommitsThatAddChangesets(
   return commits;
 }
 
-export default async function applyReleasePlan(
+export async function applyReleasePlan(
   releasePlan: ReleasePlan,
   packages: Packages,
   config: Config = defaultConfig,
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ async function updatePackageJson(
   return fs.writeFile(pkgJsonPath, stringified);
 }
 
+/** @deprecated Use named export `applyReleasePlan` instead */
+const applyReleasePlanDefault = applyReleasePlan;
+export default applyReleasePlanDefault;
+
 async function writeFormattedMarkdownFile(
   filePath: string,
   content: string,

diff --git a/packages/apply-release-plan/src/test-utils/failing-functions.ts b/packages/apply-release-plan/src/test-utils/failing-functions.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+// plugin, must have a default export
+/* eslint-disable import-lite/no-default-export */
+
+import type { ChangelogFunctions } from "@changesets/types";
+
 export default {
   getReleaseLine: () => {
     throw new Error("no chance");
   },
   getDependencyReleaseLine: () => {
     throw new Error("no chance");
   },
-};
+} satisfies ChangelogFunctions;
diff --git a/packages/apply-release-plan/src/test-utils/get-changelog-entry-with-git-hash.ts b/packages/apply-release-plan/src/test-utils/get-changelog-entry-with-git-hash.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ async function getReleaseLines(
   return `### ${capitalize(type)} Changes\n\n${resolvedLines.join("")}`;
 }
 
+// plugin, needs default export
+// eslint-disable-next-line import-lite/no-default-export
 export default async function defaultChangelogGetter(
   release: ComprehensiveRelease,
   relevantChangesets: RelevantChangesets,

diff --git a/packages/apply-release-plan/src/version-package.ts b/packages/apply-release-plan/src/version-package.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type {
   PackageJSON,
   VersionType,
 } from "@changesets/types";
-import getVersionRangeType from "@changesets/get-version-range-type";
+import { getVersionRangeType } from "@changesets/get-version-range-type";
 import Range from "semver/classes/range.js";
 import semverPrerelease from "semver/functions/prerelease.js";
 import validRange from "semver/ranges/valid.js";
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const DEPENDENCY_TYPES = [
   "optionalDependencies",
 ] as const;
 
-export default function versionPackage(
+export function versionPackage(
   release: ComprehensiveRelease & {
     changelog: string | null;
     packageJson: PackageJSON;

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/README.md b/packages/assemble-release-plan/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Usage
 
 ```ts
 import assembleReleasePlan from "@changesets/assemble-release-plan";
-import readChangesets from "@changesets/read";
+import { readChangesets } from "@changesets/read";
 import { read } from "@changesets/config";
 import { getPackages } from "@manypkg/get-packages";
 import { readPreState } from "@changesets/pre";

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/apply-links.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/apply-links.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { getCurrentHighestVersion, getHighestReleaseType } from "./utils.ts";
   We could solve this by inlining this function, or by returning a deep-cloned then
   modified array, but we decided both of those are worse than this solution.
 */
-export default function applyLinks(
+export function applyLinks(
   releases: Map<string, InternalRelease>,
   packagesByName: Map<string, Package>,
   linked: Linked,

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/determine-dependents.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/determine-dependents.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import { mapGetOrThrowInternal } from "./utils.ts";
   We could solve this by inlining this function, or by returning a deep-cloned then
   modified array, but we decided both of those are worse than this solution.
 */
-export default function determineDependents({
+export function determineDependents({
   releases,
   packagesByName,
   rootDir,

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/flatten-releases.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/flatten-releases.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { Config, NewChangeset, Package } from "@changesets/types";
 import type { InternalRelease } from "./types.ts";
 import { mapGetOrThrowInternal } from "./utils.ts";
 
-export default function flattenReleases(
+export function flattenReleases(
   changesets: NewChangeset[],
   packagesByName: Map<string, Package>,
   config: Config,

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/index.test.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/index.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import { defaultConfig } from "@changesets/config";
-import assembleReleasePlan from "./index.ts";
-import FakeFullState from "./test-utils.ts";
+import { assembleReleasePlan } from "./index.ts";
+import { FakeFullState } from "./test-utils.ts";
 
 describe("assemble-release-plan", () => {
   let setup: FakeFullState;

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/index.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/index.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import type {
   Packages,
 } from "@changesets/types";
 import semverParse from "semver/functions/parse.js";
-import applyLinks from "./apply-links.ts";
-import determineDependents from "./determine-dependents.ts";
-import flattenReleases from "./flatten-releases.ts";
+import { applyLinks } from "./apply-links.ts";
+import { determineDependents } from "./determine-dependents.ts";
+import { flattenReleases } from "./flatten-releases.ts";
 import { incrementVersion } from "./increment.ts";
-import matchFixedConstraint from "./match-fixed-constraint.ts";
+import { matchFixedConstraint } from "./match-fixed-constraint.ts";
 import type { InternalRelease, PreInfo } from "./types.ts";
 import { mapGetOrThrow, mapGetOrThrowInternal } from "./utils.ts";
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ function getNewVersion(
   return incrementVersion(release, preInfo);
 }
 
-function assembleReleasePlan(
+export function assembleReleasePlan(
   changesets: NewChangeset[],
   packages: Packages,
   config: Config,
@@ -373,4 +373,6 @@ function getPreInfo(
   };
 }
 
-export default assembleReleasePlan;
+/** @deprecated Use named export `assembleReleasePlan` instead */
+const assembleReleasePlanDefault = assembleReleasePlan;
+export default assembleReleasePlanDefault;
diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/match-fixed-constraint.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/match-fixed-constraint.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   mapGetOrThrowInternal,
 } from "./utils.ts";
 
-export default function matchFixedConstraint(
+export function matchFixedConstraint(
   releases: Map<string, InternalRelease>,
   packagesByName: Map<string, Package>,
   config: Config,

diff --git a/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/test-utils.ts b/packages/assemble-release-plan/src/test-utils.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const getSimpleSetup = () => ({
   ] satisfies Array<NewChangeset>,
 });
 
-class FakeFullState {
+export class FakeFullState {
   packages: Packages;
   changesets: NewChangeset[];
 
@@ -141,5 +141,3 @@ class FakeFullState {
     pkg.packageJson.version = version;
   }
 }
-
-export default FakeFullState;
diff --git a/packages/changelog-git/src/index.ts b/packages/changelog-git/src/index.ts
@@ -50,4 +50,5 @@ const defaultChangelogFunctions = {
   getDependencyReleaseLine,
 } satisfies ChangelogFunctions;
 
+// ChangelogFunctions require a default export
 export default defaultChangelogFunctions;
diff --git a/packages/changelog-github/src/index.ts b/packages/changelog-github/src/index.ts
@@ -169,4 +169,5 @@ const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = {
   },
 };
 
+// ChangelogFunctions require a default export
 export default changelogFunctions;
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/changelog.ts b/packages/cli/src/changelog.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line import-lite/no-default-export
 export { default } from "@changesets/changelog-git";
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/add/__tests__/add.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/add/__tests__/add.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import getChangesets from "@changesets/read";
 import { exec } from "tinyexec";
 
 import * as utils from "../../../utils/cli-utilities.ts";
-import addChangeset from "../index.ts";
+import { add as addChangeset } from "../index.ts";
 
 vi.mock("../../../utils/cli-utilities");
 const mockedUtils = vi.mocked(utils);

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/add/createChangeset.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/add/createChangeset.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function formatPkgNameAndVersion(pkgName: string, version: string) {
   return `${bold(pkgName)}@${bold(version)}`;
 }
 
-export default async function createChangeset(
+export async function createChangeset(
   changedPackages: Array<string>,
   allPackages: Array<Package>,
   messageFromCli?: string,

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/add/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/add/index.ts
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@ import * as git from "@changesets/git";
 import { error, info, log, warn } from "@changesets/logger";
 import { shouldSkipPackage } from "@changesets/should-skip-package";
 import type { Config } from "@changesets/types";
-import writeChangeset from "@changesets/write";
+import { writeChangeset } from "@changesets/write";
 import { ExitError } from "@changesets/errors";
 import { getPackages } from "@manypkg/get-packages";
 import { ExternalEditor } from "@inquirer/external-editor";
 import { getCommitFunctions } from "../../commit/getCommitFunctions.ts";
 import * as cli from "../../utils/cli-utilities.ts";
 import { getVersionableChangedPackages } from "../../utils/versionablePackages.ts";
-import createChangeset from "./createChangeset.ts";
-import printConfirmationMessage from "./messages.ts";
+import { createChangeset } from "./createChangeset.ts";
+import { printConfirmationMessage } from "./messages.ts";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
-export default async function add(
+export async function add(
   cwd: string,
   {
     empty,

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/add/messages.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/add/messages.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import pc from "picocolors";
 import { log } from "@changesets/logger";
 import type { Release, VersionType } from "@changesets/types";
 
-export default function printConfirmationMessage(
+export function printConfirmationMessage(
   changeset: {
     releases: Array<Release>;
     summary: string;

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init/__tests__/command.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init/__tests__/command.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import path from "path";
 import { defaultWrittenConfig } from "@changesets/config";
 import { silenceLogsInBlock, testdir } from "@changesets/test-utils";
 
-import initializeCommand from "../index.ts";
+import { init as initializeCommand } from "../index.ts";
 
 const getPaths = (cwd: string) => ({
   readmePath: path.join(cwd, ".changeset/README.md"),

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/init/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/init/index.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const pkgPath = path.dirname(require.resolve("@changesets/cli/package.json"));
 
 const defaultConfig = `${JSON.stringify(defaultWrittenConfig, null, 2)}\n`;
 
-export default async function init(cwd: string) {
+export async function init(cwd: string) {
   const changesetBase = path.resolve(cwd, ".changeset");
 
   if (existsSync(changesetBase)) {

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/pre/index.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/pre/index.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
   testdir,
 } from "@changesets/test-utils";
 
-import pre from "./index.ts";
+import { pre } from "./index.ts";
 
 silenceLogsInBlock();
 

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/pre/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/pre/index.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   ExitError,
 } from "@changesets/errors";
 
-export default async function pre(
+export async function pre(
   rootDir: string,
   options:
     | { command: "enter"; tag: string }

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/__tests__/index.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/__tests__/index.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import publishCommand from "../index.ts";
+import { publish as publishCommand } from "../index.ts";
 import { defaultConfig } from "@changesets/config";
 import * as path from "path";
 import type { Config } from "@changesets/types";

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/__tests__/publishPackages.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/__tests__/publishPackages.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import publishPackages from "../publishPackages.ts";
+import { publishPackages } from "../publishPackages.ts";
 import * as npmUtils from "../npm-utils.ts";
 import { getPackages } from "@manypkg/get-packages";
 import { silenceLogsInBlock, testdir } from "@changesets/test-utils";

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/__tests__/releaseCommand.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/__tests__/releaseCommand.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import publishPackages from "../publishPackages.ts";
+import { publishPackages } from "../publishPackages.ts";
 import * as git from "@changesets/git";
 import { defaultConfig } from "@changesets/config";
 import { silenceLogsInBlock, testdir } from "@changesets/test-utils";
-import runRelease from "../index.ts";
+import { publish as runRelease } from "../index.ts";
 
 vi.mock("../../../utils/cli-utilities");
 vi.mock("@changesets/git");

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import publishPackages from "./publishPackages.ts";
+import { publishPackages } from "./publishPackages.ts";
 import { ExitError } from "@changesets/errors";
 import { error, log, success, warn } from "@changesets/logger";
 import * as git from "@changesets/git";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function showNonLatestTagWarning(tag?: string, preState?: PreState) {
   warn(importantEnd);
 }
 
-export default async function publish(
+export async function publish(
   cwd: string,
   { otp, tag, gitTag = true }: { otp?: string; tag?: string; gitTag?: boolean },
   config: Config,

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/publishPackages.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/publish/publishPackages.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export const requiresDelegatedAuth = (twoFactorState: TwoFactorState) => {
   );
 };
 
-export default async function publishPackages({
+export async function publishPackages({
   packages,
   access,
   otp,

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/status/__tests__/status.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/status/__tests__/status.test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ import { read } from "@changesets/config";
 import * as git from "@changesets/git";
 import { gitdir, outputFile, silenceLogsInBlock } from "@changesets/test-utils";
 import type { ReleasePlan } from "@changesets/types";
-import writeChangeset from "@changesets/write";
+import { writeChangeset } from "@changesets/write";
 import { getPackages } from "@manypkg/get-packages";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "path";
 import { exec } from "tinyexec";
-import status from "../index.ts";
+import { status } from "../index.ts";
 
 async function readConfig(cwd: string) {
   const packages = await getPackages(cwd);
-Original file line number
+Diff line change
@@ Expand Up / @@ -169,4 +169,5 @@ const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = { @@
       },
     };
+    // ChangelogFunctions require a default export
     export default changelogFunctions;
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
		@@ -1 +1,2 @@
		// eslint-disable-next-line import-lite/no-default-export
		export { default } from "@changesets/changelog-git";