npm pack doesn't include all files in the package

Question

I run npm pack inside dist folder, but it doesn't include all it's files. it just contains: package.json, ReADME.md, index.js (main).

there is no .gitignore file, and I tried to create an empty .npmignore file, but it didn't help.

I also tried to add files array to package.json.

all files in the root or subfolders (js or other files) don't included in the pack file.

Please give a [mre]. What's in the directory, and `package.json`? Do you see any information when you run `pack`? Etc. — jonrsharpe, Jun 11 '20 at 19:55
thank you @jonrsharpe for your help, I will close this issue as it solved. — Sh eldeeb, Jun 11 '20 at 20:19

Sh eldeeb · Answer 1 · 2020-06-12T02:35:24.483

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I found another files property in my package.json, so adding another one has no effect, also .gitignore and .npmignore have no effect.

edited Jun 12 '20 at 02:35

answered Jun 11 '20 at 20:21

Sh eldeeb

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`field` -> `files`? Yes, only one of those will be counted. And both `.gitignore` and `.npmignore` *reduce* the number of included files, so if the problem is having too few files of course they don't help. – jonrsharpe Jun 11 '20 at 21:17

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