Update .gitlab-ci.yml for Gravity install-dependencies job

[michaelwnau]

Summary:

The current CI/CD pipeline configuration in .gitlab-ci.yml does not explicitly handle Node.js versioning, leading to a version mismatch error during the install-dependencies job. This issue outlines the need to update the pipeline configuration to ensure compatibility with our project's Node.js version requirement.

Background:

Our project requires Node.js version 20.11.1 for its dependencies. However, the current CI/CD pipeline setup in .gitlab-ci.yml uses a Docker image with Node.js version 18.17.1, resulting in an incompatible module error during the install-dependencies job. This version mismatch prevents the pipeline from successfully completing the dependency installation, thereby hindering our development and deployment processes.

Problem Statement:

The install-dependencies job in our CI/CD pipeline fails due to a Node.js version mismatch. The error logged is as follows:

error [email protected]: The engine "node" is incompatible with this module. Expected version "^20.11.1". Got "18.17.1"

Adding something like:

variables:
  NODE_VERSION: '20.11.1'

before_script:
  - curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
  - source $HOME/.nvm/nvm.sh
  - nvm install $NODE_VERSION
  - nvm use $NODE_VERSION

and test the install-dependencies job.