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npm-prepare-dist

v0.5.0

Published

Prepare library for NPM distribution

Readme

npm version npm downloads Package License Build & Publish codecov

NPM Prepare Dist CLI

Clean and prepare dist folder and all files before publishing your NPM library

  • Potentially smaller build and faster installation of your library
  • TypeScript, JavaScript, CLI version
  • Useful options

Install

via yarn

yarn add npm-prepare-dist --dev

via npm

npm install npm-prepare-dist --save-dev

Usage

CLI

npm-prepare-dist
  • Main package.json file will be copied into your dist folder
  • devDependencies will be removed
  • More useless options will be removed
  • README.md (and other files) will be copied into dist folder as you wish

JavaScript

import { prepareDist } from 'npm-prepare-dist';

prepareDist('build', ['README.md', 'LICENSE', 'icon.svg'], './src/');

Example

Highly recommended to use as postbuild hook in you package.json

{
  "name": "my-project",
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc",
    "postbuild": "npm-prepare-dist"
  }
}

Options

| Option | Description | default | example | | ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------------------- | | -h, --help | Display this usage info | - | - | | -v, --version | Show version | - | - | | -d, --dist | Dist folder path | dist | -d build | | -f, --files | Array of files to copy into dist folder as well | README.md | -f README.md -f LICENSE | | -m, --main | Main folder where. Usually where is your index.js | ./ | -m ./src/ | | -s, --remove-script | Remove script in package.json | - | -s postinstall -s test | | --remove-deps | Remove all dependencies from package.json | - | --remove-deps |

Development

I welcome you to customize this according to your needs ;)

Pull requests for any improvements would be great!

Developing and debugging this library

git clone [email protected]:bartholomej/npm-prepare-dist.git
cd npm-prepare-dist
yarn
yarn start

Run demo locally

You can find and modify it in ./demo.ts file

yarn demo

Donation

If this project have helped you save time please consider making a donation for some 🍺 or 🍵 ;)

Privacy Policy

I DO NOT STORE ANY DATA. PERIOD.

I physically can't. I have nowhere to store it. I don't even have a server database to store it. So even if Justin Bieber asked nicely to see your data, I wouldn't have anything to show him.

That's why, with this library, what happens on your device stays on your device till disappear.

License

Copyright © 2021 Lukas Bartak

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All contents are licensed under the MIT license.