'husky install' fails if '.git' directory does not exists

I have a postinstall script in a NPM package:

"postinstall": "is-ci || husky install",

If I download the repository using Github UI (Code -> Download ZIP), after extracting it, executing npm install raises Error: .git can't be found:

postinstall error

> simple-icons-font@4.9.0 postinstall /.../simple-icons-font-develop
> is-ci || husky install

/.../simple-icons-font-develop/node_modules/husky/lib/commands/install.js:20
        throw new Error(".git can't be found");
        ^

Error: .git can't be found
    at Object.install (/.../simple-icons-font-develop/node_modules/husky/lib/commands/install.js:20:15)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/.../simple-icons-font-develop/node_modules/husky/lib/bin.js:43:19)

I can prevent the error doing something like this:

"postinstall": "node -e \"if(require('fs').existsSync('.git')){process.exit(1)}\" || is-ci || husky install",

But it seems a bit hacky. What would be the recommended way to solve this?

[LinnJS]

I am having this same issue when trying to install husky on a repo where I have multiple projects and the .git file is up a directory. Are there configuration options for this use case? I have two projects with node modules nested inside one git repo for the sanity CMS and the Gatsby FE.

[samuelaj1]

The case you may be in is if your package.json file and .git directory are not at the same level. For example, project/.git and project/front/package.json.

By design, husky install must be run in the same directory as .git, but you can change directory during prepare script and pass a subdirectory:

Change script in package.json to this: // package.json { “scripts”: { “prepare”: “cd … && husky install front/.husky” } }

Then do npm install to fix it