JamieMason / JamieMason/syncpack-github-action
syncpack GHA fails if `npm -g` permission denied
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Description
My org is running GHA action runners without root access, which means that `npm install -g` returns permission denied, and this is causing the syncpack GHA to fail (because it always installs syncpack with `-g`). Would you be interested in a PR that adds a config option for whether `npm install` is run with `-g` or not?
(Yeah, there are other ways to solve this problem long-term, like using `bun`, but I am trying to keep this simple.)
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Research direction
Start at the GitHub Action entry point and locate the command that installs syncpack with npm. Add a configuration option that controls whether the install uses the global flag, then verify that the action can run on a runner without root access.
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- Tech stack
- github-actions
- Domain
- ci-cd
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
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- Stale
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