Remove automatic npm install feature (#58731)

.gitignore

@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
 # JetBrains IDE files
 .idea/
 
-# Tracks package-lock.json installation state
+
-.installed.package-lock.json
 
 # Linkinator full site link check results
 .linkinator/

package-lock.json

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "docs.github.com",
-      "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "(MIT AND CC-BY-4.0)",
       "dependencies": {
         "@elastic/elasticsearch": "8.13.1",

package.json

@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "check-github-github-links": "tsx src/links/scripts/check-github-github-links.ts",
     "clone-early-access": "./src/early-access/scripts/clone-locally",
     "clone-translations": "./src/languages/scripts/clone-translations.sh",
-    "cmp-files": "tsx src/workflows/cmp-files.ts",
     "content-changes-table-comment": "tsx src/workflows/content-changes-table-comment.ts",
     "copy-fixture-data": "tsx src/tests/scripts/copy-fixture-data.ts",
     "count-translation-corruptions": "cross-env NODE_OPTIONS=--max-old-space-size=8192 tsx src/languages/scripts/count-translation-corruptions.ts",
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@
     "openapi-docs": "tsx src/rest/docs.ts",
     "playwright-test": "playwright test --config src/fixtures/playwright.config.ts --project=\"Google Chrome\"",
     "lint-report": "tsx src/content-linter/scripts/lint-report.ts",
-    "postinstall": "cp package-lock.json .installed.package-lock.json && echo \"Updated .installed.package-lock.json\" # see husky/post-checkout and husky/post-merge",
     "precompute-pageinfo": "tsx src/article-api/scripts/precompute-pageinfo.ts",
     "prepare": "husky src/workflows/husky",
     "prettier": "prettier -w \"**/*.{ts,tsx,scss,yml,yaml}\"",

src/workflows/cmp-files.ts

@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// [start-readme]
-//
-// Given N files. Exit 0 if they all exist and are identical in content.
-//
-// [end-readme]
-
-import fs from 'fs'
-
-import { program } from 'commander'
-
-program.description('Compare N files').arguments('[files...]').parse(process.argv)
-
-main(program.args)
-
-function main(files: string[]) {
-  if (files.length < 2) throw new Error('Must be at least 2 files')
-  try {
-    const contents = files.map((file) => fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8'))
-    if (new Set(contents).size > 1) {
-      process.exit(1)
-    }
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-      process.exit(1)
-    } else {
-      throw error
-    }
-  }
-}

src/workflows/husky/post-checkout

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-[ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
-
-# Ignore this check if user has DOCS_NO_AUTO_NPM set in their environment
-if [ -n "$DOCS_NO_AUTO_NPM" ]; then
-  echo "Skipping auto-npm install because DOCS_NO_AUTO_NPM is set"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Same process in husky/post-merge
-echo "Checking if packages need to be installed..."
-if npm run cmp-files -- package-lock.json .installed.package-lock.json; then
-  echo "Packages are up-to-date"
-else
-  echo "Installing packages..."
-  npm install
-  echo "Packages are now up-to-date"
-fi

src/workflows/husky/post-merge

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-[ -n "$CI" ] && exit 0
-
-# Ignore this check if user has DOCS_NO_AUTO_NPM set in their environment
-if [ -n "$DOCS_NO_AUTO_NPM" ]; then
-  echo "Skipping auto-npm install because DOCS_NO_AUTO_NPM is set"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-# Same process in husky/post-checkout
-echo "Checking if packages need to be installed..."
-if npm run cmp-files -- package-lock.json .installed.package-lock.json; then
-  echo "Packages are up-to-date"
-else
-  echo "Installing packages..."
-  npm install
-  echo "Packages are now up-to-date"
-fi