Publishing node library using release does not include source code.

[rlmcneary2]

Current Behavior

I created a Node monorepo specifically to publish libraries. When publishing a library the tarball doesn't include source code files (.js files).

Note that:

• libraries are generated in a directory named libs
• I'm using swc to transpile the TS files.

Expected Behavior

The tarball should include the source code.

GitHub Repo

https://github.com/rlmcneary2/bug-nx-publish

Steps to Reproduce

1. npx create-nx-workspace node-pub --preset node-monorepo --docker false --framework none
2. cd node-pub
3. npx nx g @nx/node:library libs/lib-test --compiler swc --linter eslint --publishable --unitTestRunner jest --importPath lib-test --strict true --testEnvironment node
4. npx nx build lib-test
5. npx nx release --first-release --dry-run
6. npx nx release publish --dry-run

Publish output

> nx run lib-test:nx-release-publish


📦  lib-test@X.X.X-dry-run
=== Tarball Contents ===

230B README.md   
228B package.json
=== Tarball Details ===
name:          lib-test                                
version:       X.X.X-dry-run                           
filename:      lib-test-X.X.X-dry-run.tgz              
package size:  398 B                                   
unpacked size: 458 B                                   
shasum:        50a8271df0617ee1e04442e5051a9170c02b52a5
integrity:     sha512-b7mMs/VaZMz7u[...]hyj4YNPDNrziw==
total files:   2                                       
 
Would publish to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag "latest", but [dry-run] was set

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 NX   Successfully ran target nx-release-publish for project lib-test

Nx Report

NX   Report complete - copy this into the issue template

Node           : 20.18.1
OS             : darwin-x64
Native Target  : x86_64-macos
npm            : 10.8.2

nx                 : 20.4.4
@nx/js             : 20.4.4
@nx/jest           : 20.4.4
@nx/eslint         : 20.4.4
@nx/workspace      : 20.4.4
@nx/devkit         : 20.4.4
@nx/esbuild        : 20.4.4
@nx/eslint-plugin  : 20.4.4
@nx/node           : 20.4.4
typescript         : 5.7.3
---------------------------------------
Registered Plugins:
@nx/eslint/plugin
@nx/jest/plugin

Failure Logs

Package Manager Version

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Operating System

• macOS
• Linux
• Windows
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Additional Information

I suspect it's because the package.json files property is incorrect. Maybe this is the node-standalone configuration?

{
  "name": "lib-test",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "type": "commonjs",
  "main": "./src/index.js",
  "types": "./src/index.d.ts",
  "files": [
    "dist",
    "!**/*.tsbuildinfo"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "tslib": "^2.3.0"
  }
}

[rlmcneary2]

Changing the library's package.json file to include "src" resolves the problem.

{
  "name": "lib-test",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "type": "commonjs",
  "main": "./src/index.js",
  "types": "./src/index.d.ts",
  "files": [
    "src"
  ],
  "dependencies": {
    "tslib": "^2.3.0"
  }
}