npm run build-storybook gives SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /%npm_config_"errors" : [ {%/: Unterminated character class ...

[koolksh]

Describe the bug
Using storybook for the first time and does not work on my mac. The same repo works for other colleagues. But for some reason gives
ERR! SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /%npm_config_"errors" : [ {%/: Unterminated character class
ERR! at new RegExp ()
ERR! at test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:22:24

See details below.

test-story-book git:(master) ✗ npm run build-storybook

test-story-book@0.1.0 build-storybook
build-storybook -s public

info @storybook/react v6.5.12
info
info => Cleaning outputDir: test-story-book/storybook-static
(node:21182) DeprecationWarning: --static-dir CLI flag is deprecated, see:

https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/MIGRATION.md#deprecated---static-dir-cli-flag
(Use node --trace-deprecation ... to show where the warning was created)
info => Loading presets
info => Copying static files: ./public => ./
info => Compiling manager..
info => Compiling preview..
info Addon-docs: using MDX1
info => Loading Webpack configuration from node_modules/react-scripts
info => Removing existing JavaScript and TypeScript rules.
info => Modifying Create React App rules.
info => Using default Webpack5 setup
ERR! SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /%npm_config_"errors" : [ {%/: Unterminated character class
ERR! at new RegExp ()
ERR! at test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:22:24
ERR! at Array.reduce ()
ERR! at interpolate (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:21:31)
ERR! at getManagerHeadTemplate (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:65:10)
ERR! at _callee$ (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/manager-webpack5/dist/cjs/presets/manager-preset.js:116:88)
ERR! at tryCatch (test-story-book/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:63:40)
ERR! at Generator.invoke [as invoke] (test-story-book/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:294:22)
ERR! at Generator.next (test-story-book/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:119:21)
ERR! at asyncGeneratorStep (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/manager-webpack5/dist/cjs/presets/manager-preset.js:83:103)
ERR! SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /%npm_config"errors" : [ {%/: Unterminated character class
ERR! at new RegExp ()
ERR! at test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:22:24
ERR! at Array.reduce ()
ERR! at interpolate (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:21:31)
ERR! at getManagerHeadTemplate (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/core-common/dist/cjs/utils/template.js:65:10)
ERR! at _callee$ (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/manager-webpack5/dist/cjs/presets/manager-preset.js:116:88)
ERR! at tryCatch (test-story-book/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:63:40)
ERR! at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (test-story-book/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:294:22)
ERR! at Generator.next (test-story-book/node_modules/regenerator-runtime/runtime.js:119:21)
ERR! at asyncGeneratorStep (test-story-book/node_modules/@storybook/manager-webpack5/dist/cjs/presets/manager-preset.js:83:103)
info => Loading presets

To Reproduce
An error occurred while executing: yarn set version berry && yarn config set enableGlobalCache true && yarn config set nodeLinker node-modules
🚨 Installing Yarn 2 failed
🚨 Failed to create repro
ERR! Error: command exited with code: 1:
ERR! at ChildProcess. (.npm/_npx/eebb2d3a7d26a7f1/node_modules/@storybook/cli/dist/generate.js:201:264)
ERR! at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:527:28)
ERR! at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)
ERR! Error: command exited with code: 1:
ERR! at ChildProcess. (.npm/_npx/eebb2d3a7d26a7f1/node_modules/@storybook/cli/dist/generate.js:201:264)
ERR! at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:527:28)
ERR! at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:291:12)

System
Environment Info:

System:
OS: macOS 12.6
CPU: (16) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
Binaries:
Node: 17.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.19 - ~/Documents/Learning/test-story-book/node_modules/.bin/yarn
npm: 8.5.5 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Browsers:
Chrome: 106.0.5249.61
Safari: 16.0
npmPackages:
@storybook/addon-actions: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/addon-essentials: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/addon-interactions: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/addon-links: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/builder-webpack5: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/manager-webpack5: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/node-logger: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/preset-create-react-app: ^4.1.2 => 4.1.2
@storybook/react: ^6.5.12 => 6.5.12
@storybook/testing-library: ^0.0.13 => 0.0.13

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[koolksh]

This is fixed now. Not sure how but npm_config had some unexpected entries. After removing those storybook didn't complain. Not sure how the entries got in npm_config and also why it only bothered storybook