ABANDON: NOT TO BE MERGED

docs/lib/content/commands/npm-view.md

@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ If only a single string field for a single version is output, then it will not b
 If the field is an object, it will be output as a JavaScript object literal.
 
 If the `--json` flag is given, the outputted fields will be JSON.
+The output is always an array, even if only a single version matches.
 
 If the version range matches multiple versions then each printed value will be prefixed with the version it applies to.
 

lib/commands/view.js

@@ -239,18 +239,12 @@ class View extends BaseCommand {
     })
 
     if (json) {
-      // TODO(BREAKING_CHANGE): all unwrapping should be removed.
-      // Users should know based on their arguments if they can expect an array or an object.
-      // And this unwrapping can break that assumption.
-      // e.g. `npm view abbrev@^2` should always return an array, but currently since there is only one version matching `^2` this will return a single object instead.
+      // Users can expect an array .
       const first = Object.keys(res[0] || {})
       const jsonRes = first.length === 1 ? res.map(m => m[first[0]]) : res
       if (jsonRes.length === 0) {
         return
       }
-      if (jsonRes.length === 1) {
-        return jsonRes[0]
-      }
       return jsonRes
     }