Move minified files to dist subdirectory

[chesio]

Hi,

I have a small "feature" request. All of Bower packages I use have a dist subdirectory with minified version of the assets (be it CSS or JS). This makes it easy to deploy the package to production server as only contents of dist subdirectory has to be included. Would you consider adding dist subdirectory to your project and moving the minified assets there?

See what-input for an example of deploy-friendly file structure :-)

[MohammadYounes]

Hi,

I have no problem with having a dist folder, but wouldn't this affect existing users ?

You may also use bower-installer to map the files to a custom destination. For example:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery-scrollLock": "^3.1.2"
  },
  "install": {
    "ignore": ["jquery"],
    "sources": {
      "jquery-scrollLock": {
        "mapping": [
          {
            "bower_components/jquery-scrollLock/jquery-scrollLock.min.js":
            "bower_components/jquery-scrollLock/dist/jquery-scrollLock.min.js"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

The above bower.json will place jquery-scrollLock.min.js into bower_components/jquery-scrollLock/dist subdirectory.

[chesio]

I have no problem with having a dist folder, but wouldn't this affect existing users ?

It certainly would, treat it just as a suggestion.

Thanks for the hint about bower-installer, I'll check it out!

[MohammadYounes]

As of 3.1.3 there is a copy of the minified files in a dist sub directory.

[chesio]

Thanks!