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Support Running Without Triggering npm pack | postbuild support
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Description
# Description:
It would be helpful to allow the tool to run directly on the current folder without automatically triggering `npm pack`.
# Use Case:
I want to use this tool as part of a `postbuild` script. However, the current behavior causes an infinite loop:
- `npm postbuild` triggers `attw`
- `attw` triggers `npm pack`
- `npm pack` triggers `npm build`
- `npm build` triggers `npm postbuild`
- ...and the cycle **repeats**
# Current Workaround:
To avoid this loop, I manually create a tarball and run `attw` on it:
```
"postbuild": "tar -czf dist/archive.tgz LICENSE README.md dist/cjs dist/esm dist/umd docs package.json && npx attw --format ascii dist/archive.tgz && rm dist/archive.tgz"
```
# Proposed Solution:
Introduce an option or flag to allow `attw` to operate directly on the current directory without invoking `npm pack`.
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Research direction
Start by locating the attw CLI path that invokes npm pack and review how command-line options are parsed. The change is complete when attw can analyze the current directory without invoking npm pack, so it can run from a postbuild script without triggering the build loop.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- node.js, typescript
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100