feat: Update .gitignore and refine TypeScript configuration; clean up commented code and enhance dataset validation; npm updates

- Updated .gitignore to include new patterns
- Refined TypeScript configuration for better performance and readability
- Cleaned up commented code in several files
- Enhanced dataset validation logic
- Updated npm dependencies to the latest versions

app/Controllers/Http/Reviewer/DatasetController.ts

@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export default class DatasetsController {
             validateSMTP: false,
         });
         const validRecipientEmail: boolean = validationResult.valid;
-        let emailStatusMessage = '';
+        // let emailStatusMessage = '';
 
         if (sendMail == true) {
             if (dataset.editor.email && validRecipientEmail) {
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ export default class DatasetsController {
                             <p>Best regards,<br>Your Tethys reviewer: ${authUser.login}</p>
                         `);
                     });
-                    emailStatusMessage = ` A rejection email was successfully sent to ${dataset.editor.email}.`;
+                    // emailStatusMessage = ` A rejection email was successfully sent to ${dataset.editor.email}.`;
                 } catch (error) {
                     logger.error(error);
                     return response
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ export default class DatasetsController {
                         .toRoute('reviewer.dataset.list');
                 }
             } else {
-                emailStatusMessage = ` However, the email could not be sent because the editor's email address (${dataset.editor.email}) is not valid.`;
+                // emailStatusMessage = ` However, the email could not be sent because the editor's email address (${dataset.editor.email}) is not valid.`;
             }
         }
 

app/Controllers/Http/Submitter/DatasetController.ts

@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ export default class DatasetController {
                 throw error;
             } else if (error instanceof Exception) {
                 // General exception handling
-                return response.flash('errors', { error: error.message }).redirect().back();
+                return response.flash('errors', error.message).redirect().back();
             } else {
                 session.flash({ error: 'An error occurred while deleting the dataset.' });
                 return response.redirect().back();