fix(core): Updated dependencies and improved npm preparation logic.

ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@ship.zone/npmci',
-  version: '4.1.32',
+  version: '4.1.33',
   description: 'A tool to streamline Node.js and Docker workflows within CI environments, particularly GitLab CI, providing various CI/CD utilities.'
 }

ts/manager.npm/index.ts

@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ export class NpmciNpmManager {
    * authenticates npm with token from env var
    */
   public async prepare() {
+    logger.log('info', 'running >>npm prepare<<');
     const config = this.npmciRef.npmciConfig.getConfig();
     let npmrcFileString: string = '';
     await plugins.smartobject.forEachMinimatch(
       process.env,
       'NPMCI_TOKEN_NPM*',
       (npmEnvArg: string) => {
+        if (!npmEnvArg) {
+          logger.log('note','found empty token...');
+          return;
+        }
         const npmRegistryUrl = npmEnvArg.split('|')[0];
         logger.log('ok', `found token for ${npmRegistryUrl}`);
         let npmToken = npmEnvArg.split('|')[1];

ts/npmci.classes.npmciconfig.ts

@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ export class NpmciConfig {
 
   public async init() {
     this.npmciNpmextra = new plugins.npmextra.Npmextra(paths.cwd);
-    this.kvStorage = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore(
-      'userHomeDir',
-      `${this.npmciRef.npmciEnv.repo.user}_${this.npmciRef.npmciEnv.repo.repo}`
-    );
+    this.kvStorage = new plugins.npmextra.KeyValueStore({
+      typeArg: 'userHomeDir',
+      identityArg: `.npmci_${this.npmciRef.npmciEnv.repo.user}_${this.npmciRef.npmciEnv.repo.repo}`,
+    });
     this.npmciQenv = new plugins.qenv.Qenv(
       paths.NpmciProjectDir,
       paths.NpmciProjectNogitDir,