feat(js): added a minimal option to the library generator (#13561)

(cherry picked from commit 8c1d035)

Author: Phillip9587

docs/generated/packages/js/generators/library.json

@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Whether to skip TypeScript type checking for SWC compiler.",
         "default": false
+      },
+      "minimal": {
+        "type": "boolean",
+        "description": "Generate a library with a minimal setup. No README.md generated.",
+        "default": false
       }
     },
     "required": ["name"],

packages/js/src/generators/library/library.spec.ts

@@ -1100,4 +1100,56 @@ describe('lib', () => {
       }
     );
   });
+
+  describe('--minimal', () => {
+    it('should generate a README.md when minimal is set to false', async () => {
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        ...defaultOptions,
+        name: 'myLib',
+        minimal: false,
+      });
+
+      expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/README.md')).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    it('should not generate a README.md when minimal is set to true', async () => {
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        ...defaultOptions,
+        name: 'myLib',
+        minimal: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/README.md')).toBeFalsy();
+    });
+
+    it('should generate a README.md and add it to the build assets when buildable is true and minimal is false', async () => {
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        ...defaultOptions,
+        name: 'myLib',
+        bundler: 'tsc',
+        minimal: false,
+      });
+
+      expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/README.md')).toBeTruthy();
+
+      const project = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-lib');
+      expect(project.targets.build.options.assets).toStrictEqual([
+        'libs/my-lib/*.md',
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should not generate a README.md when both bundler and minimal are set', async () => {
+      await libraryGenerator(tree, {
+        ...defaultOptions,
+        name: 'myLib',
+        bundler: 'tsc',
+        minimal: true,
+      });
+
+      expect(tree.exists('libs/my-lib/README.md')).toBeFalsy();
+
+      const project = readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'my-lib');
+      expect(project.targets.build.options.assets).toEqual([]);
+    });
+  });
 });

packages/js/src/generators/library/library.ts

@@ -158,9 +158,7 @@ function addProject(
         outputPath,
         main: `${options.projectRoot}/src/index` + (options.js ? '.js' : '.ts'),
         tsConfig: `${options.projectRoot}/tsconfig.lib.json`,
-        // TODO(jack): assets for rollup have validation that we need to fix (assets must be under <project-root>/src)
-        assets:
-          options.bundler === 'rollup' ? [] : [`${options.projectRoot}/*.md`],
+        assets: [],
       },
     };
 
@@ -173,6 +171,17 @@ function addProject(
       projectConfiguration.targets.build.options.skipTypeCheck = true;
     }
 
+    if (
+      !options.minimal &&
+      // TODO(jack): assets for rollup have validation that we need to fix (assets must be under <project-root>/src)
+      options.bundler !== 'rollup'
+    ) {
+      projectConfiguration.targets.build.options.assets ??= [];
+      projectConfiguration.targets.build.options.assets.push(
+        joinPathFragments(options.projectRoot, '*.md')
+      );
+    }
+
     if (options.publishable) {
       const publishScriptPath = addMinimalPublishScript(tree);
 
@@ -305,6 +314,10 @@ function createFiles(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema, filesDir: string) {
     tree.delete(packageJsonPath);
   }
 
+  if (options.minimal) {
+    tree.delete(join(options.projectRoot, 'README.md'));
+  }
+
   updateTsConfig(tree, options);
 }
 
@@ -441,6 +454,8 @@ function normalizeOptions(
   const importPath =
     options.importPath || getImportPath(npmScope, projectDirectory);
 
+  options.minimal ??= false;
+
   return {
     ...options,
     fileName,

packages/js/src/generators/library/schema.json

@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Whether to skip TypeScript type checking for SWC compiler.",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "minimal": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "description": "Generate a library with a minimal setup. No README.md generated.",
+      "default": false
     }
   },
   "required": ["name"],

packages/js/src/utils/schema.d.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface LibraryGeneratorSchema {
   compiler?: Compiler;
   bundler?: Bundler;
   skipTypeCheck?: boolean;
+  minimal?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface ExecutorOptions {