From 1332880697b8832d7288c8bb58fafb8457bf4919 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elmar Kresse <kresse.elmar@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2025 17:37:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: improve dependency installation logic in Dockerfile

---
 Dockerfile | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4dbdc40..6b9fd25 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install dependencies
 COPY package*.json ./
-RUN npm ci --omit=dev || npm install --omit=dev
+# Use npm ci when a lockfile is present, otherwise fallback to npm install without throwing an error
+RUN if [ -f package-lock.json ] || [ -f npm-shrinkwrap.json ]; then \
+            npm ci --omit=dev; \
+        else \
+            npm install --omit=dev; \
+        fi
 
 # Copy app source (media lives outside via volume)
 COPY . .