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Current Behavior

hosted-git-info generates the old GitLab archive URL format:

This causes TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format errors when installing any git+https://gitlab.com/ dependency via npm, because npm receives an HTML sign-in page instead of a tarball.

Expected Behavior

The tarball is downloaded, not redirected to the signin html / does not download the signin html

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Steps To Reproduce

1. Have a private GitLab repo as a dependency: "my-pkg": "git+https://gitlab.com/my-group/my-repo.git#branch"
2. Run npm install
3. Get TAR_BAD_ARCHIVE: Unrecognized archive format

Old format (what hosted-git-info generates) - broken:
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN" "https://gitlab.com/group/repo/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=main"

Returns: 302 (redirects to /users/sign_in)

New format - works
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: $TOKEN" "https://gitlab.com/group/repo/-/archive/main/repo-main.tar.gz"

Returns: 200

Environment

• npm: (as per node versions below)
• Node: tried 18, 20, 22, 24
• OS: tried MacOS, Ubuntu 20, 22
• platform: tried Local machine (Mac), Gitlab Runner CICD (self hosted on Ubuntu 20)