fix(arborist): Add better error message when lockfile is malformed#8268
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| const err = new Error( | ||
| `Missing target in lock file: "${targetLoc}" is referenced by "${location}" but does not exist. | ||
| To fix: | ||
| 1. rm package-lock.json |
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This is actually a bit too explosive. A more graceful fix would be to just remove the reference location from the package lock and then run npm i which fixes the issue.
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That comment was only about removing node modules.
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We don't ever recommend people manually edit their package-lock file. The real fix would be for npm install to fix the tree, but that's a much bigger lift.
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Overrides #6997 with a more standard way of expressing errors in the cli and has a test for it.