esbuild-clean-plugin

import * as esbuild from 'esbuild'; import { cleanPlugin } from 'esbuild-clean-plugin'; import path from 'path'; import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'; const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)); async function build() { // Ensure a 'dist' directory exists or will be created by esbuild // For demonstration, let's create a dummy entry file. // In a real scenario, this would be your actual source code. const entryPoint = path.resolve(__dirname, 'index.js'); await esbuild.build({ entryPoints: [entryPoint], bundle: true, outfile: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist', 'bundle.js') }); const context = await esbuild.context({ bundle: true, entryPoints: [path.resolve(__dirname, 'index.js')], metafile: true, // Required for the plugin to work outdir: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'), // Required for the plugin to work plugins: [cleanPlugin({ // Optional: Clean all files initially before the build starts initialCleanPatterns: ['**/*', '!package.json'], verbose: true // See what gets deleted })], }); // In a typical setup, you might watch or build once // For this quickstart, we'll just perform an initial build with the plugin. await context.rebuild(); console.log('Build complete and output directory cleaned.'); // To stop the watch context if it were started: // await context.dispose(); } // Create a dummy index.js for the quickstart to run import { promises as fs } from 'fs'; await fs.writeFile(path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), 'index.js'), 'console.log("Hello from esbuild!");'); build().catch(console.error);