Skip missing optional npm scripts in CI with --if-present and disable scripts with --ignore-scripts

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Documented steps

  1. In generic CI pipelines, run npm run build --if-present so a missing build script exits 0 instead of erroring.
  2. To skip all package lifecycle scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall/prepare etc.) use npm install --ignore-scripts or set ignore-scripts=true.
  3. Set --foreground-scripts to make backgrounded build scripts share stdio for debugging (the default is true for pack/publish).
  4. Choose the shell scripts run under via --script-shell (default /bin/sh on POSIX, cmd.exe on Windows).
  5. Official docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-run-script / https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/using-npm/scripts

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