cordova prepare unnecessarily edits config.xml and package.json

I crafted my config.xml file by hand (and added comments) to make it more readable and maintainable. I also removed all '^{' or '~' from the versions of the engines/plugins to fix the version to one specific one (I will manually test new versions and update if possible). I also removed the '}' from the package.json file it generates.

When running 'cordova prepare' it will completely re-create the config.xml file and therefore re-format it. It will also re-add the '^{' to all versions. It will also add the '}' to the versions in the package.json file.

This is VERY annoying. Previous versions did not behave like this. They only edited the config.xml if explicitly told to do so. I really, really want to fix the versions to a specific one and don't want it to always add the '^'. I would also prefer it if it the 'prepare' command would not re-create the config.xml file as there is no need for that and it kills all formatting and comments.

At the moment I hope it respects the 'package-lock' file when installing plugins because I can't have it install newer versions automatically. Sadly many plugins are not as stable and well maintained for such an automatic update to work well in large projects.