Syntax error "(" unexpected about gitmoji-changelog

[0x1026]

My question is why we use this:

gitmoji-changelog/packages/gitmoji-changelog-cli/package.json

Lines 20 to 22 in 0522b87

	"bin": {
	"gitmoji-changelog": "./src/index.js"
	},

Finished investigating, and came to the conclusion that it must be installed globally (npm i -g gitmoji-changelog) and requires an additional package called xsel, which can be installed with apt install xsel.

By this way, I'm getting another error:

[sarangnx]

Still facing this issue.

node: v18.17.1
npm: v9.6.7
gitmoji-changelog: v2.3.0

[Tomas2D]

I have got the same problem 👍

[frinyvonnick]

Hi @SturmB 👋

Thank you for opening this issue 🙏 I don't have npm 7.6 on my current computer to give it a try but I'll check it as soon as possible. Can you also share your node version, please?

[Tomas2D]

I am getting this issue with the following versions:
Node: v16.6.0
NPM: 7.19.1

[SturmB]

So, this appears to be a bit spotty when it comes to different node/npm versions. Some of them work fine while others throw that 'Syntax error: "(" unexpected' message. For example:

[✔] node 14.17.4 / npm 6.14.14 (latest LTS release)
[❌] node 15.11.0 / npm 7.6.0 (latest during my original post)
[✔] node 16.2.0 / npm 7.13.0
[❌] node 16.6.1 / npm 7.20.3 (latest as of this writing)

[SerenModz21]

I also have a syntax error, but I don't think its the same one, I'm using node v16.6.1 with npm v7.21.0

[0x1026]

So, this appears to be a bit spotty when it comes to different node/npm versions. Some of them work fine while others throw that 'Syntax error: "(" unexpected' message. For example:

[✔] node 14.17.4 / npm 6.14.14 (latest LTS release)
[❌] node 15.11.0 / npm 7.6.0 (latest during my original post)
[✔] node 16.2.0 / npm 7.13.0
[❌] node 16.6.1 / npm 7.20.3 (latest as of this writing)

I just install node 16.2.0 / npm 7.13.0 and the error still persists

[frinyvonnick]

If someone is interested in investigating why it happens it could be really helpful🙏

[frinyvonnick]

We use bin because this the way to declare a cli. Here is the documentation https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/configuring-npm/package-json#bin

[jpolo]

It seems the shebang #!/usr/bin/env node at the beginning of the bin file could solve the problem...

[Tomas2D]

ping @frinyvonnick, I think that proposed solution from @jpolo is sufficient.

[petrKavulok]

Was getting the same issue after updating node to v20.7.0, npm i -g gitmoji-changelog solved it for me.