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mysql2@2.2.3 requires git installed, fails otherwise.

See original GitHub issue

Our ci/cd failed because it seems like npm i --save mysql2@2.2.3 would fail if git is not installed on the server. i have reverted back to 2.1.0 for now.

npm debug log for reference,

60 verbose stack Error: spawn git ENOENT
60 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
60 verbose stack     at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
60 verbose stack     at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
60 verbose stack From previous event:
60 verbose stack     at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/finished.js:6:13)
60 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/pacote/lib/util/git.js:238:14
60 verbose stack     at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/promise-retry/index.js:29:24
61 verbose cwd /app
62 verbose Linux 4.19.76-linuxkit
63 verbose argv "/usr/local/bin/node" "/usr/local/bin/npm" "i" "--save" "mysql2@2.2.3"
64 verbose node v12.18.3
65 verbose npm  v6.14.6
66 error code ENOENT
67 error syscall spawn git
68 error path git
69 error errno ENOENT
70 error enoent Error while executing:
70 error enoent undefined ls-remote -h -t ssh://git@github.com/types/mysql.git
70 error enoent
70 error enoent
70 error enoent spawn git ENOENT
71 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
72 verbose exit [ 1, true ]