chore: scope npm publish to dist/ and rebuild before publish#58
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Add a `files` allowlist limiting the published tarball to `dist/` (plus npm-default README/LICENSE/package.json), and a `prepublishOnly` script that wipes `dist/` and rebuilds. Without these, the tarball included all of `src/` (tests, configs) and any stale outputs left in `dist/`. With them, `npm pack --dry-run` drops from 107 files / 1.1MB unpacked to 26 files / 126KB unpacked. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
With `files: ["dist"]` in package.json, npm uses the allowlist and ignores `.npmignore`. Removing the now-inert file to avoid confusion. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
filesallowlist so onlydist/(plus npm-defaultREADME.md,LICENSE,package.json) is included in the published tarball.prepublishOnlyscript that wipesdist/and rebuilds, so we never publish stale build outputs..npmignorebecomes inert oncefilesis set (npm prefers the allowlist). As such, we've removed.npmignorePreviously the published package shipped all of
src/(including tests), top-level configs (eslint.config.js,jest.config.cjs,vite.config.ts, etc.), and any stale files left indist/from prior builds.Impact
npm pack --dry-runbefore:After:
Notes
prepublishOnlyusesrm -rf dist, which is fine for the macOS/Linux dev + CI environment this repo targets.Test plan
npm pack --dry-runshows the expected 26-file tarball