copyjs.sh - copy distribution files from node_modules

copyjs.sh

#!/bin/bash
# copy-dist-deps.sh - Pure bash dist file copier
# using perplexity.ai

# I wrote this because there is no good solutio as of 2026(sic!)
# to simply install packages and then extract just the files you 
# actually need in production
#
# ref. https://www.perplexity.ai/search/a7ed838d-9bd5-4f5f-9e77-8d1456d86473#22

SRC=myapp
TARGET="${1:-$SRC/static/$SRC/js/libs}"
mkdir -p "$TARGET"

echo "📦 Copying dist files from node_modules to $TARGET..."

# JS files from common dist locations
find $SRC/node_modules -name "*min.js" \
  -exec bash -c '
    src="$1"
    pkg=$(echo "$src" | sed "s|.*/node_modules/\([^/]*\)/.*|\1|" | head -1)
    fname=$(basename "$src")
    dest="$2/$pkg/$fname"
    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$dest")"
    cp "$src" "$dest"
    echo "➤ $pkg/$fname"
  ' _ {} "$TARGET" \;

# CSS files
find node_modules -name "*.css" \
  -exec bash -c '
    src="$1" pkg=$(basename "$(dirname "$(dirname "$src")")") 
    pkg=$(echo "$src" | sed "s|.*/node_modules/\([^/]*\)/.*|\1|" | head -1) 
    fname=$(basename "$src") 
    dest="$2/$pkg/$fname" mkdir -p "$(dirname "$dest")" cp "$src" "$dest"
  ' _ {} "$TARGET" 2>/dev/null || true

echo "✅ $(find "$TARGET" | wc -l) files copied ($(du -sh "$TARGET"))"