nx affected -t nx-release-publish does not run version/changelog presteps.

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Current Behavior

Running

pnpm nx affected -t nx-release-publish

does not run version and changelog presteps.

This leaves any workspace:* dependencies untouched and fails to publish.

Running

pnpm nx release

will properly run the presteps.

I've even tried setting preserveLocalDependencyProtocols: false to no avail.

Expected Behavior

pnpm nx affected -t nx-release-publish has parity with pnpm nx release

GitHub Repo

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Steps to Reproduce

1. init a new nx monorepo with pnpm package manager npx create-nx-workspace --pm pnpm
2. generate publishable lib pnpm nx g @nx/react:lib packages/my-lib --buildable --publishable
3. generate 2nd publishable lib pnpm nx g @nx/react:lib packages/my-lib2 --buildable --publishable
4. add a dependency on my-lib2 in my-lib1 (I just use @nx/dependency-checks for this)
5. run pnpm nx affected -t nx-release-publish
6. observe difference with pnpm nx release (but that cannot target affected)

Nx Report

Node           : 22.11.0
OS             : darwin-arm64
Native Target  : aarch64-macos
pnpm           : 9.12.1

nx                     : 20.5.0
@nx/js                 : 20.5.0
@nx/jest               : 20.5.0
@nx/eslint             : 20.5.0
@nx/workspace          : 20.5.0
@nx/cypress            : 20.5.0
@nx/devkit             : 20.5.0
@nx/esbuild            : 20.5.0
@nx/eslint-plugin      : 20.5.0
@nx/module-federation  : 20.5.0
@nx/next               : 20.5.0
@nx/node               : 20.5.0
@nx/playwright         : 20.5.0
@nx/react              : 20.5.0
@nx/rspack             : 20.5.0
@nx/storybook          : 20.5.0
@nx/vite               : 20.5.0
@nx/web                : 20.5.0
@nx/webpack            : 20.5.0
typescript             : 5.8.2

Failure Logs

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

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• Windows
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Additional Information

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