fix(ci): simplify publish a bit and use prepack instead of postinstall

README.md

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ re-usable library on npm.
 -   Jest for unit testing
 -   Precommit linting
 -   Precommit formatting via [Prettier](https://prettier.io)
--   Prepublish TypeScript build for distribution on npm
+-   Prepare script for TypeScript build for distribution on npm
+-   Prepack build command for TypeScript build to allow installation direct from GitHub
 -   Ready-to-use GitHub Actions workflow for releasing on push to `master`
 
 ## Using this Template

package.json

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         "release": "yarn run semantic-release",
         "release-ci": "echo 'unsafe-perm = true' > ./.npmrc && yarn run semantic-release && rm -rf ./.npmrc",
         "commit": "git-cz",
-        "postinstall": "yarn run build && echo 'Postinstall build command is replaced with prepublishOnly during semantic-release publish prep.'"
+        "prepack": "yarn --ignore-scripts && yarn run build && echo 'Prepack dev build command is removed during semantic-release publish prep.'"
     },
     "repository": "https://bitbucket.org/Carimus/carimus-node-ts-package-template",
     "author": "Carimus",

scripts/prepare.sh

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# Update the package.json to place the build command in prepublishOnly instead of in postinstall
-json -I -f package.json -e 'this.scripts.prepublishOnly = "yarn run build"; delete this.scripts.postinstall;'
+# Update the package.json to remove prepack command.
+json -I -f package.json -e 'delete this.scripts.prepack;'
 
 # Pretty up the package.json so it's still consistent with the codebase's code style
 prettier --write package.json
+
+# Run the build to get ./dist output
+yarn run build