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[RFC] Split out the CLI into a separate package #1922

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stof opened this issue Apr 27, 2020 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #2029
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[RFC] Split out the CLI into a separate package #1922

stof opened this issue Apr 27, 2020 · 2 comments · May be fixed by #2029
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@stof stof commented Apr 27, 2020 •
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Currently, some of the dependencies of this package are related to its CLI tool (which is not even mentioned in the readme AFAICT). These dependencies (commander and exit-on-epipe at least) are unnecessary for projects using the library. To reduce the install footprint, what do you think about splitting the CLI into a separate package (that can then be installed only when you actually need it) ?

Note that to actually benefit from the smaller install footprint, this should also be done in other packages you maintain (crc-32, adler-32, cfb and codepage), as they also include their own CLI with these dependencies (btw, currently, this forces the install of 2 different versions of commander due to xlsx using an older version than codepage)
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@SheetJSDev SheetJSDev commented May 1, 2020

It's buried in the README: https://github.com/SheetJS/sheetjs#parsing-and-writing-examples

The node version installs a command line tool xlsx which can read spreadsheet files and output the contents in various formats. The source is available at xlsx.njs in the bin directory.

That said, this is a reasonable idea. Should the CLI be split off (a module like xlsx-cli) or should the library move (so the main xlsx module would be a reexport of something like xlsx-lib)
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@stof stof commented May 6, 2020

Well, I don't have an opinion on the option you select. I'm fine if I have to replace xlsx with xlsx-lib (or whatever the name you choose) in my project to benefit from that.
However, looking at the npm ecosystem, I think it is more common to have a -cli separate package for the CLI, when the CLI is not the main use case of the library.
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