Fix deployment of NPM packages

Author: vmax

.grabl/automation.yml

@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ build:
         export DEPLOY_NPM_USERNAME=$REPO_VATICLE_USERNAME
         export DEPLOY_NPM_PASSWORD=$REPO_VATICLE_PASSWORD
         export DEPLOY_NPM_EMAIL=$REPO_VATICLE_EMAIL
+        # Point NPM cache to a temporary directory that is writeable under Bazel sandboxing
+        sudo npm config -g set cache /tmp/npm-cache/
         bazel run --define version=$(git rev-parse HEAD) //grpc/nodejs:deploy-npm -- snapshot
       dependencies: [build, build-dependency]
     deploy-pip-snapshot:
@@ -115,6 +117,8 @@ release:
         export DEPLOY_NPM_USERNAME=$REPO_NPM_USERNAME
         export DEPLOY_NPM_PASSWORD=$REPO_NPM_PASSWORD
         export DEPLOY_NPM_EMAIL=$REPO_VATICLE_EMAIL
+        # Point NPM cache to a temporary directory that is writeable under Bazel sandboxing
+        sudo npm config -g set cache /tmp/npm-cache/
         bazel run --define version=$(cat VERSION) //grpc/nodejs:deploy-npm -- release
       dependencies: [deploy-github]
     deploy-pip-release: