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There may be a better way to manage website's with JavaScript deployments. I added jest to my repo simply to execute tests when I make PRs as part of a GitHub action. This requires a package-lock.json to work.

Unfortunately, the presence of this file will automatically kick off an npm install in Digital Ocean App Platform. This is causing some issues because I intentionally am not building that kind of app.

I can think of other ways to have the tests performed without having to worry about all of this (pre-commit hooks, for example), but I do like having the checks built into the repo.

I can't find any sort of ignore file for DO's tools. Suggestions welcomed?

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posted over 1 year ago
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Alexei‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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I think this paragraph requires some clarification:

"Unfortunately, the presence of this file will automatically kick off an npm install in Digital Ocean App Platform. This is causing some issues because I intentionally am not building that kind of app."

If I understand correctly, you are using Jest to test you app. This relies on npm (package.json + lock). I guess that before the tests are being run an npm install is triggered to ensure that all dependencies are there for the tests to run. Why is this a problem? Is this a performance issue (i.e. running tests takes too long).

I feel that this is more related to how Jest tests are being run rather than the Digital Ocean App Platform itself.

fausty‭ wrote over 1 year ago
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Oh, I solved this last night and meant to come back here and post. It's related to the Digital Ocean App Platform and Github Actions. The issue is: I didn't want App Platform to do anything with Node, since my code is unpackaged html/css/js and doesn't need it to run. I'll post the solution.