getting unknown git error when trying to install js package (PackageB) by including it in parent js package (PackageA) as dependency

[AshishB29]

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Getting below error when try to run npm install on packageA: (Note: Issue is intermittent, sometimes it passes and sometimes fails on same machine, without changing anything. Also cloning and npm install on packageB separately always works fine)

npm verb npm  v9.5.0
npm ERR! An unknown git error occurred
npm ERR! signal SIGTERM
npm ERR! command git --no-replace-objects clone -v -b v2.7.0 git@gitCorpUrl:repository/PackageB.git ~/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clonebCimoL --recurse-submodules
npm ERR! 21:15:08.837539 exec-cmd.c:139     trace: resolved executable path from Darwin stack: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin/git
npm ERR! 21:15:08.838200 exec-cmd.c:238     trace: resolved executable dir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/bin
npm ERR! 21:15:08.838607 git.c:460        trace: built-in: git clone -v -b v2.7.0 git@gitCorpUrl:repository/PackageB.git ~/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clonebCimoL --recurse-submodules
npm ERR! Cloning into '/Users/aabhatia/.npm/_cacache/tmp/git-clonebCimoL'...
npm ERR! 21:15:08.858767 run-command.c:654    trace: run_command: unset GIT_DIR GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS; GIT_PROTOCOL=version=2 'ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new' -o SendEnv=GIT_PROTOCOL git@gitCorpUrl 'git-upload-pack '\''repository/PackageB.git'\'''
npm ERR! 21:15:12.034035 run-command.c:654    trace: run_command: git index-pack --stdin --fix-thin '--keep=fetch-pack 37486 on corpUrl' --check-self-contained-and-connected
npm ERR! 21:15:12.044107 exec-cmd.c:139     trace: resolved executable path from Darwin stack: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core/git
npm ERR! 21:15:12.044904 exec-cmd.c:238     trace: resolved executable dir: /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/usr/libexec/git-core
npm ERR! 21:15:12.046160 git.c:460        trace: built-in: git index-pack --stdin --fix-thin '--keep=fetch-pack 37486 on corpUrl' --check-self-contained-and-connected
npm ERR! fatal: early EOF
npm verb exit 1

PackageA package.json

{
  "name": "packageA",
  "description": "message",
  "main": "string",
  "version": "string",
  "gypfile": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "glob": "7.2.0",
    "packageB": "git+ssh://git@gitCorpUrl:repository/PackageB.git#v2.7.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "install": "node script.js"
  },
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=16.13.2"
  }
}

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Hi @AshishB29!

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