fix: removed recursive-copy module from the production dependency

[aryamohanan]

The module recursive-copy currently has inflight(deprecated) as a subdependency, which triggers following npm warnings during the installation of our collector.

npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module is not supported and has memory leaks. Avoid using it. Consider lru-cache for a more robust and tested solution for coalescing async requests by key value.

To resolve this issue, we are removing recursive-copy from our production dependencies and will instead use fs-extra, which is a drop-in replacement for the native fs module. All methods in fs are included in fs-extra.

While I generally prefer to avoid external libraries and additional dependencies, and would prefer to copy directories recursively using native fs methods, the fs.cp function was not available in earlier versions of Node.js 16.

Note: fs.cp and fsPromises.cp, which can copy directories, are available in Node v16.7.0. However, since we also support Node v14, we will not use these methods at this time. Instead, we’ll implement a custom solution using fs-extra methods to ensure compatibility with our existing Node.js versions. In the next major version we can consider to replace it with native fs.cp method. The syntax is very similar.

Reasons to choose fs-extra:

• The methods closely resemble those of the native fs module, making migration straightforward.
• With the last commit being 5 months ago.
• Favorable comparison on npm trends: fs-extra vs ncp vs recursive-copy.
• Compatible with Node.js v14.
• Alternatives like ncp and wrench are no longer maintained. Thus, fs-extra is likely the best option. The Developer of Wrench directs users to use fs-extra as he has deprecated his library.

refs : INSTA-12493

[kirrg001]

Note: fs.cp and fsPromises.cp, which can copy directories, are available in Node v16.7.0. However, since we also support Node v14

refs #848

Maybe its worth adding a task to the v4 release to replace fs-extra with the native fs.cp?

[kirrg001]

Thanks for taking care of this. Added some comments 👍

[kirrg001]

Commit suggestion

fix(shared-metrics): removed recursive-copy dependency #1265
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• resolves the following warning:
  . "npm WARN deprecated [email protected]: This module is not supported and has memory leaks. Avoid using it. Consider lru-cache for a more robust and tested solution for coalescing async requests by key value."