Publishing transpiled npm package

build.js

const { promisify } = require('util')
const { readFile, writeFile } = require('fs')
const { join } = require('path')
const readFileAsync = promisify(readFile)
const writeFileAsync = promisify(writeFile)
const pkg = require('./package.json')
const packageJsonOutput = join(__dirname, 'dist', 'package.json')

const generatePackageJson = input => {
  const copiedPkg = { ...input }

  delete copiedPkg.scripts
  delete copiedPkg.devDependencies
  delete copiedPkg.private

  return JSON.stringify(
    {
      ...copiedPkg,
      main: './index.js'
    },
    null,
    2
  )
}

Promise.all([
  writeFileAsync(packageJsonOutput, `${generatePackageJson(pkg)}\n`),
  readFileAsync(join(__dirname, 'README.md'), { encoding: 'utf8' })
    .then(data => writeFileAsync(join(__dirname, 'dist', 'README.md'), data))
])
  .then(() => console.log('done'))
  .catch(err => {
    throw err
  })

cli.md

Using Verdaccio

It's not possible to change directory to dist.

Publish

npm run dist -- --registry http://localhost:4873 --access restricted

Install

npm i @namespacek/package --registry http://localhost:4873

package.json

{
  "name": "@namespace/package",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "main": "src/index.js",
  "license": "MIT",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "clean": "rm -rf dist",
    "build": "npm run clean && npm run transpile && node build.js",
    "dist": "npm run build && cd dist && npm publish",
    "transpile": "babel -d ./dist ./src"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/cli": "^7.0.0",
    "@babel/core": "^7.0.0"
  }
}