Mix public NPM registry with GitHub Packages with the same scope / namespace

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We are running into issues trying to use packages published from our org to the public NPM registry and GitHub Packages registry private packages. Both sets of packages use the same @scope being owned by the same org name.

Does GitHub packages allow for publishing under a different namespace or anything else that could simplify this setup?

[amankr1469]

I guess public NPM registry and GitHub Packages private packages sharing the same scope with the same org name can definitely lead to conflicts and confusion. But you can utilize subnamespaces within your existing org scope.
For example, create subnamespaces like "@yourorg/public/package-name" and "@yourorg/private/package-name" for individual packages.

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npm doesn't allow subnamespacing as far as I can tell. going more than 1 level deep results in something like:

npm ERR! Invalid name: "@scopename/subscope/packagename"