5.5.0 (2022-10-23)

Bug Fixes

• cli: fix using npx --workspace with mikro-orm-esm (#3560) (64777af)
• cli: improve success message of schema:update/drop commands (11d0fd9)
• core: always compare boolean properties as booleans (c30c680), closes #3576
• core: do not ignore default option in version properties (1572008)
• core: do not ignore falsy version values like 0 (754d672)
• core: fix assigning objects to collections (#3628) (82a9708)
• core: fix changing 1:1 relations value (7b6e6f7), closes #3614
• core: fix removing entities with complex composite keys (6d6e9f4), closes #3543
• core: fix validation of EM param in assign (6572a59), closes #3571
• core: hydrate mapToPk properties with the PK value (559ae28)
• core: improve entity path detection with SWC 1.3.4+ (#3568) (9a2cb8c)
• core: merge entity automatically via em.create(E, {}, { managed: true }) (24d206f), closes #3571
• core: propagate entity removal to collection properties (25c1c06)
• core: rework handling of orphan removal for 1:m collections (925c798), closes #3564
• core: serialize embedded JSON properties correctly when used in inline embeddable (feef8b3), closes #3519
• mongo: fix populating 1:1 owners from inverse side (25ee03a)
• query-builder: support top level $not operator in join condition (#3609) (047504f)

Features

• core: add defineConfig helper (#3500) (67d3c68)
• core: add em.refresh(entity) method (#3522) (dbe8aa4)
• core: add em.upsert() method (#3525) (3285cdb), closes #3515
• core: add MikroORM and Options exports to each driver package (#3499) (b68ed47)
• core: add the offset into FindOneOptions (#3574) (9d5d457)
• core: automatically detect src/dist/build folders and adjust configuration (#3497) (a8c8baf)
• core: enable persistOnCreate by default (8424976)
• core: maintain identity for the Reference wrapper (da1a0ef), closes #3582
• core: provide meta and prop on custom mapped type instance (c1251d0), closes #3538
• core: track changes on entity references (#3521) (0fb17bb)
• core: validate missing items in enum definition (659c2de)
• core: validate missing types in EntitySchema definition (0716566), closes #3603
• migrations: allow configuring snapshot name (4bbe355), closes #3562
• mongo: do not expand array queries to $in operator when nested inside $eq (e25d28e)
• postgres: add qb.distinctOn() support (307d3a1)
• query-builder: validate modification of finalized QB (b23f015), closes #3534
• schema: add ability to ignore specific column changes (#3503) (05fb1ce), closes #1904 #1904
• schema: try to infer runtime default values automatically (#3529) (d035781)
• sqlite: enable returning statements in both SQLite drivers (eaf83c8)

Performance Improvements

• core: don't propagate serialization context to hidden relations (#3592) (e706ba2)
• core: improve support for large collections (#3573) (ea3f6fd)
• schema: improve schema inspection speed in SQL drivers (#3549) (74dc3b1)