[BUG] gitlab: git shorthand broken in 7.7.0/7.7.1

[feelepxyz]

Current Behavior:

Running npm install gitlab:kornelski/babel-preset-php with npm@7.7.0/7.7.1 fails with:

Wrong spec type (git) for RemoteFetcher. Supported types: remote

Expected Behavior:

Running npm install gitlab:kornelski/babel-preset-php with npm@7.7.0 + succeeds with:

added 4 packages, removed 1 package, and audited 5 packages in 4s

This works if you install 7.6.3: npm install -g npm@7.6.3

Steps To Reproduce:

• npm install -g npm@7.7.1
• npm install gitlab:kornelski/babel-preset-php

Environment:

• OS: MacOS Mojave
• Node: v15.6.0
• npm: 7.7.1

[nlf]

confirmed! fixed in hosted-git-info and will be in the next release coming out shortly

[nlf]

this should be fixed in 7.7.2, which was just published