Allow installing from github directly by building on "npm install"

[kozak]

Hi,
I have fixed some minor issues with IE in my own branch (PR here #423)

However when trying to use my own version of preact-compat directly from github I run into this issue: npm/npm#3055

Ie: preact-compat requires build artifacts to work when installed via npm install, but they are only included when prepublish hook is run.

If we change this to prepare this will also work when installing via npm install

[developit]

Ah interesting. Any other side effects of changing that script? or is it just an npm 3+ thing

[kozak]

To me it seems like this would only affect users like me - trying to do a local install and the package authors. Those scripts aren't run otherwise.

npm help scripts gives the following info:

       o prepublish: Run BEFORE the package is packed and published, as well as on local npm install without any arguments. (See below)

       o prepare:  Run both BEFORE the package is packed and published, and on local npm install without any arguments (See below). This is run AFTER prepublish, but BEFORE prepublis-
         hOnly.

       o prepublishOnly: Run BEFORE the package is prepared and packed, ONLY on npm publish. (See below.)

[marvinhagemeister]

Closing. Looks like not enough users have voiced their support for this. If demand is still there, feel free to ping us over at the main Preact repo.