Use script to install node dependencies to benefit from custom cache handling

[wojtekn]

Proposed Changes

I propose to use a script to install node dependencies to benefit from custom cache handling, similar to what we do in other steps.

Testing Instructions

Merge and confirm distribution job works fine.

Pre-merge Checklist

• Have you checked for TypeScript, React or other console errors?

[AliSoftware]

The install_npm_packages is already a script that handles caching, defined in our a8c-ci-toolkit plugin.

Would it make sense to add the handling of patches/ in the CACHE_KEY… in the script from the plugin, so that other projects can benefit from it too? Or is the handling of patches/* and also what install-node-dependencies.sh does is too specific to studio to be worth fixing upstream too?

[wojtekn]

It makes sense, but as four steps use custom install-node-dependencies.sh and two steps use a more generic command from upstream, I would prefer to fix it by using the consistent custom script now and bringing those changes to upstream separately if it benefits other projects that use that.

The number of changes is bigger than cache key handling e.g. one uses npm ci vs npm install.

[wojtekn]

Added Automattic/a8c-ci-toolkit-buildkite-plugin#94