Cordova does not support subfolders, when using semver

[alex-jesper]

Bug Report

I get "Error: Cordova does not support subdirectories" when a plugin is installed.

Discovered saved plugin "project". Adding it to the project
Failed to restore plugin "project" from config.xml. You might need to try adding it again. Error: Cordova does not support subdirectories

Problem

The plugin is in package.json, according to correct syntax:

"dependencies": {
    "project": "https://bitbucket.org/project.git#semver:~0.1.1"
}

And in config.xml:

<plugin name="project" />

What does actually happen?

I get the subfolder error because cordova is confused by the ":".
The comment in src/plugman/fetch.js::57, seems to hit the nail on the head

// If the hash exists, it has the form from npm: http://foo.com/bar#git-ref[:subdir]

So the ":" implies that a subfolder should be used, but in this case it is indicating to npm to use semver to resolve.

What is expected to happen?

I was expecting cordova to understand semver

Funny detail

In plugins it is possible to use semver. That is, the plugin.xml depends on a module from npm that has a similar url with a ":", but in that context it works just fine.
Only visible difference is that one file is plugin.xml while the other is config.xml.

Information

Command or Code

NA

Environment, Platform, Device

NA

Version information

Cordova 9.0.0

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