I've been trawling documentation on Netlify's site for how to deploy a node application (specifically a Vue application) which has a private npm repository as a dependency.
I have an .npmrc file setup as follows:
//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${GITHUB_TOKEN}
@my:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
I also set the GITHUB_TOKEN variable in my build process's environment variables to the correct value.
However, the build fails.
There is an outline of how to achieve a successful build with a private Github package repository here: https://docs.netlify.com/configure-builds/repo-permissions-linking/#npm-packages.
However, it's still unclear as to what I need to do specifically to both my package.json file and also how to configure the build process' environment variables ...
Could anyone show me a full working example which doesn't leave me scratching my head?
Do I add:
"package-name": "git+https://<github_token>:x-oauth-basic@github.com/<user>/<repo>.git"
to the dependencies section of the package.json?
If yes, how do I then hide my <github_token> and provide the build process with this in Netlify?
How do I also get the same process working locally?
Why can't Netlify just inject the GITHUB_TOKEN into my .npmrc file so I have parity with my local development environment?
