How to npm publish specific folder but as package root

Question

I have a project that include a gulp task for building and packaging the sources and release in a directory called dist. My goal is publish it as a npm package,

Answer 1

If you are (and I recommend) using semantic-release, add the pkgRoot option in the .releaserc.json file:

{
  "pkgRoot": "dist",
  "plugins": [
    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
    "@semantic-release/npm",
    [
      "@semantic-release/exec",
      {
        "prepareCmd": "npx rjp package.json version nextRelease.version"
      }
    ],
    [
      "@semantic-release/git",
      {
        "assets": ["package.json"]
      }
    ],

  ],
}

That'll take care of the problem. Just make sure your dist folder contains a package.json file. You can easily do that by adding a cp to your postbuild script. Also install rjp