feat: loosening up the npm engine requirements to easily allow npm@8 (#…

…291)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -3,14 +3,21 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [12.x, 14.x, 16.x]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/[email protected]
 
       - uses: actions/[email protected]
         with:
-          node-version: 14.15.1
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+
+      # Node 16 still ships with npm@8 so for compatibility reasons we're upping this for everything else.
+      - name: Install npm@8
+        if: matrix.node-version != '16.x'
+        run: npm install -g npm@8
 
-      - run: npm install -g npm@7
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm test

package.json

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     "url": "[email protected]:readmeio/eslint-config.git"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": "^12 || ^14",
-    "npm": "^7"
+    "node": "^12 || ^14 || ^16"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "husky install",