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Discussion on: Reducing npm package size by 83%

 
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Keff

Is there a reason to put it under files? In typescript I mean

better than empty .npmignore that found on some tutorials.

xD Why would they put an empty .npmignore? I guess just to keep the tutorial simple, and not add more complexity to it... they would be better of just by not having a .npmignore at all

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Helder Burato Berto

Has an article called "For the love of god, don’t use .npmignore" by Jeff Dickey with awesome content explaining why you could use "files" in package.json instead of .npmignore.

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Keff

Ohh, thanks, I will check it out :)

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Keff

I've checked the post out, there are definitely some risks about using .npmignore, like unexpectedly upload credentials or critical information, but the risk is tolerable to the project I was optimizing, I will be taking this into account in the future though!