npm and deprecated git:// URLs

[totten]

The last few test runs failed on this

    npm ERR! Error while executing:
    npm ERR! /nix/var/nix/profiles/bknix-max/bin/git ls-remote -h -t git://github.com/SevInf/node-byline.git
    npm ERR! 
    npm ERR! fatal: remote error: 
    npm ERR!   The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
    npm ERR! Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
    npm ERR! 
    npm ERR! exited with error code: 128

Their blog has more info at https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/

TLDR:

• Github is killing support for git:// URLs
• Today is a "brownout" -- they disabled git:// temporarily to cause things to break. Final removal is in March.
• Something in npm depends on a deprecated git:// URL, so it fails.

[totten]

@mattwire I believe Github has made the changes permanent now.

• I did a trial-run of building mosaico -- it failed: https://test.civicrm.org/view/Tools/job/Tool-Publish-mosaico/180/console
• Manually cloning repos with git:// fails now:

  [bknix-max:/tmp] git clone git://github.com/civicrm/cv.git
  Cloning into 'cv'...
  fatal: remote error:
    The unauthenticated git protocol on port 9418 is no longer supported.
  Please see https://github.blog/2021-09-01-improving-git-protocol-security-github/ for more information.
  

[mattwire]

I can't fix this - someone with jenkins access needs to.

https://test.civicrm.org/view/Tools/job/Tool-Publish-mosaico/
https://lab.civicrm.org/infra/ops/-/blob/master/jenkins-examples/Tool-Publish-mosaico.bash

I also can't see where the fix needs to be. @totten @seamuslee001

[totten]

Yeah, it was quite a mystery to me. I spent some time fiddling with mosaico.git:package.json and eventually figured out that updating bower fixes it.

Resulting PRs:

• Update bower. Generate compiled releases tarballs. civicrm/mosaico#13
• Download Mosaico JS files via composer-downloads-plugin #525