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Hi, Made a repository and related npm package public. On npm install there’s a 401 error. The npmrc has the organisation. Why is this happening if the repository and npm package is public? |
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Github registry requires the user to be authenticated to Github using a private token via npm login with |
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Because that makes so much sense. How do they expect people to use github registry if it requires a github account just to pull a public package. I have very little understanding for the choice. I guess its created first and foremost aimed at private repositories / packages but forcing everyone that wants to use a public github registry package to also have a github account and set up a access token is unsustainable |
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It's free so they want to know who is using it just in case if anyone will overuse it |
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@WozniakMac Pretty much every other service knows how to create a rate limiting. I doubt that github would be incapable of doing so. |
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Github registry requires the user to be authenticated to Github using a private token via npm login with
repoandread:packagescopes, even for installing public packages.