postbuild.ts file in Zod codebase.

#postbuild #zod #opensource #typescript

In this article, we will review postbuild.ts file in Zod codebase. We will look at:

Where is postbuild.ts located in Zod codebase?
What does the code inside postbuild.ts tell us?

Where is postbuild.ts located in Zod codebase?

You will find this postbuild.ts file in zod codebase at https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/blob/main/packages/zod/postbuild.ts

What does the code inside postbuild.ts tell us?

You will find the below code in postbuild.ts:

import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";

const packageJsonPath = "./package.json";

try {
  // Read the package.json file
  const packageJson = readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8");

  // Replace occurrences of "types": "./dist/commonjs/ with "types": "./dist/esm/
  const updatedPackageJson = packageJson.replace(/"types": "\.\/dist\/commonjs\//g, '"types": "./dist/esm/');

  // Write the updated content back to package.json
  writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, updatedPackageJson, "utf-8");

  console.log('Successfully updated "types" paths in package.json');
} catch (error) {
  console.error("Error updating package.json:", error);
}

There are mainly three things happening, explained using the comments.

Read the package.json file

 const packageJson = readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8");

2. Replace occurrences of “tasdypes”: “./dist/commonjs/` with “types”: “./dist/esm/”

javascript const updatedPackageJson = packageJson.replace(/"types": "\.\/dist\/commonjs\//g, '"types": "./dist/esm/');

3. Write the updated content back to package.json

javascript writeFileSync(packageJsonPath, updatedPackageJson, "utf-8");

As you can see from the console.log statement below, all this file is doing is just updating “types” path in package.json.

javascript console.log('Successfully updated "types" paths in package.json');

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