```> Task :kotlinNpmInstall FAILED error packag...

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[thana]

> Task :kotlinNpmInstall FAILED
error package.json: Name contains illegal characters

Any idea what to do? it's the autogenerated package.json (i suspect) from the kotlin compiler. im clueless what to do now ;(

[willyrs]

can you send here the generated package.json?

[Robert Jaros]

what's your project name?

[thana]

{
  "private": true,
  "workspaces": [
    "packages/SomeName SomeOtherName Shared Kernel",
    "packages/SomeName SomeOtherName Shared Kernel-test",
    "packages_imported/klock-root-klock/1.8.1",
    "packages_imported/kotlin/1.3.70",
    "packages_imported/assertk/0.20.0",
    "packages_imported/opentest4k/1.1.3",
    "packages_imported/kotlin-test-nodejs-runner/1.3.40",
    "packages_imported/kotlin-test/1.3.70",
    "packages_imported/kotlinx-serialization-kotlinx-serialization-runtime/0.20.0",
    "packages_imported/kotlin-test-js-runner/1.3.70"
  ],
  "devDependencies": {},
  "dependencies": {},
  "peerDependencies": {},
  "optionalDependencies": {},
  "bundledDependencies": [],
  "name": "SomeName SomeOtherName Shared Kernel",
  "version": "0.2.0"
}

[thana]

side note: only happens on jenkins. locally - no problem

[thana]

(as always, right? 😉 )

[willyrs]

try to remove whitespaces and caps letters from the name

[thana]

i wonder why they are there at all

[thana]

when executed locally they do not appear

[thana]

the name generated locally is only 'shared-kernel'

[thana]

i realize, the name seems to mirror the name of the folder - is that correct?!

[Robert Jaros]

if it's not set explicitly

[Ilya Goncharov [JB]]

You can set rootProject.name in settings.gradle file, and it will be get

[thana]

good lord... thank you 🙂

[araqnid]

at work, we insist that all Gradle projects must have a settings.gradle/settings.gradle.kts and set at least rootProject.name

[araqnid]

otherwise if you follow the defaults, the directory name will flow into jar names, probably module names etc