chore: try making it someone elses problem

Author: achingbrain

.travis.yml

@@ -28,19 +28,15 @@ before_install:
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then npm config set loglevel verbose ; fi
   # prevents windows error: npm ERR! ... git-sh-setup: file not found
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then export PATH=/c/PROGRA~1/Git/usr/bin:/c/PROGRA~1/Git/mingw64/libexec/git-core:$PATH ; fi
-  # change default prefix for windows - https://travis-ci.community/t/command-npm-i-g-npm-latest-fails/431/7
-  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=c:\\npm_prefix PATH=/c/npm_prefix:$PATH; fi
+  # upgrading npm on travis/windows/node 14 is completely broken
+  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then export NODE_INSTALL_DIR=`npm prefix -g` ; fi
+  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then mkdir $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules ; fi
+  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then mv $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules_old ; fi
+  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then rm -f $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npm $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npm.cmd $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npm.ps1 $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npx $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npx.cmd $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npx.ps1 ; fi
+  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then npx npm-windows-upgrade --npm-version latest ; fi
   # workspaces require npm 7 or above
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then export NODE_INSTALL_DIR=`npm prefix -g` ; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then mv $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules_old ; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then mkdir $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules ; fi
-  - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then rm -f $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npm $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npm.cmd $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npm.ps1 $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npx $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npx.cmd $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/npx.ps1 ; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then node $NODE_INSTALL_DIR/node_modules_old/npm/bin/npm-cli.js i -g npm@latest ; fi
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" != "windows" ]]; then npm install -g npm@latest ; fi
-  # restore default prefix for windows - https://travis-ci.community/t/command-npm-i-g-npm-latest-fails/431/7
-  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then export NPM_CONFIG_PREFIX=""; fi
-  # the default path is broken up with node 14 and npm 7 on Windows - https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/2665
-  #- if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then export PATH=`npm prefix -g`:$PATH ; fi
   # allow windows to run scripts with node 14 and npm 7 (may not be necessary when node 14 is no longer lts)
   - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "windows" ]]; then npm config set script-shell c:/PROGRA~1/Git/bin/bash.exe ; fi