fix: set node-publish default registry

README.md

@@ -420,7 +420,9 @@ It uses the following variables:
 
 #### Configure the target registry
 
-The target registry url for publication shall be configured in the `publishConfig` of your `package.json` file. Examples:
+The target registry url for publication shall be configured in the `publishConfig` of your `package.json` file. \
+If no registry is configured in `publishConfig`, it will publish to default target registry 'https://registry.npmjs.org/' only if `access` is set to 'public' in the `publishConfig` of your `package.json` file. \
+Examples:
 
 - for an unscoped package:
 

templates/gitlab-ci-node.yml

@@ -554,12 +554,14 @@ stages:
     pkg_fullname=$(node -pe "require('./package.json').name")
     publish_registry_key=$(node -pe "parts='$pkg_fullname'.split('/');parts.length>1?parts[0]+':registry':'registry'")
     publish_registry_url=$(node -pe "require('./package.json').publishConfig?.['$publish_registry_key'] || ''")
-    if [[ -z "$publish_registry_url" ]]
+    publish_access=$(node -pe "require('./package.json').publishConfig?.access || ''")
+    if [[ -z "$publish_registry_url" ]] && [[ "$publish_access" != "public" ]]
     then
-      log_info "No publish registry url found in your package.json file"
+      log_info "No publish registry url found in your package.json file, and publish access is not set to public"
       log_info "Publish will only work if you're using GitLab project-level registry (use scope \\e[33;1m@${CI_PROJECT_ROOT_NAMESPACE}\\e[0m)"
-      log_info "Otherwise, declare the target registry url under \\e[33;1m'publishConfig' > '$publish_registry_key'\\e[0m key in your package.json file..."
+      log_info "Otherwise, declare the target registry url under \\e[33;1m'publishConfig' > '$publish_registry_key'\\e[0m key in your package.json file, or set 'public' access under \\e[33;1m'publishConfig' > 'access'\\e[0m to publish on default registry https://registry.npmjs.org/..."
     else
+      publish_registry_url="${publish_registry_url:-https://registry.npmjs.org/}"
       log_info "Publish to \\e[33;1m$publish_registry_url\\e[0m..."
       # maybe configure token
       if [[ "$NODE_PUBLISH_TOKEN" ]]