The changes from #8081 introduced a new --init-type flag that sets the field type to commonjs by default, or any user provided string value. This is a good start but has a couple of caveats, namely:

• The default value of commonjs is not suitable for new packages, ideally this would default to module as the whole ecosystem is moving to ECMAScript modules, this is especially true for new packages.
• There are only two valid options for the type field (commonjs or module), and this field allows free input of text by the user, ideally the user would select from these predefined options only.