Extracts only the dist files from packages

$ npm install distiller --global

$ distiller -h

  Usage

    $ distiller [options] <package>

  Options

    -l, --list          lists locally defined custom packages
    -o, --output-dir    destination for output
    -t, --temp-dir      destination for temporary build files
    -k, --keep-temp     do not remove the temporary directory
    -h, --help          shows usage help

• Use DISTILLER_DIST to override the default output location $HOME/.distiller/dist
• Use DISTILLER_TEMP to override the default temporary build location $HOME/.distiller/temp
  • the temp directory is removed after every execution

$ distiller react
Distilled into: ~/.distiller/dist/react

$ tree ~/.distiller/dist/react
~/.distiller/dist/react/
├── react.js
├── react-with-addons.js
├── react-with-addons.min.js
└── react.min.js

var distill = require('distiller').distill;

distill({
  package: 'react', // can be any NPM discoverable package
  outputDir: '/Users/hotdog/Desktop/react-dist/', // defaults to $HOME/.distiller/dist/${package}
  tempDir: '/Users/hotdog/.temp-folder-for-distiller' // defaults to $HOME/.distiller/temp
}, error => {
  if (error) {
    return console.log('error', error);
  }
  console.log('carry on');
});

• options

  Required Type object

• package

  Required Type string

  The official NPM package name.

• outputDir

  Type: string

  Default: $HOME/.distiller/dist/${package}

  The absolute path to place output files.

• tempDir

  Type: string

  Default: $HOME/.distiller/temp/distilled-${package}

  The absolute path to use for building the package.

• keepTemp

  Type: boolean

  Default: false

  Can prevent the tempDir from being removed after execution.

• Document API
• Document custom package creation
• More test coverage
• Allow multiple packages on CLI
• Consider other sources, e.g. bower

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