# ncc

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Simple CLI for compiling a Node.js module into a single file,
together with all its dependencies, gcc-style.

## Motivation

- Publish minimal packages to npm
- Only ship relevant app code to serverless environments
- Don't waste time configuring bundlers
- Generally faster bootup time and less I/O overhead
- Compiled language-like experience (e.g.: `go`)

## Design goals

- Zero configuration
- TypeScript built-in
- Only supports Node.js programs as input / output
- Support all Node.js patterns and npm modules

## Usage

### Installation
```bash
npm i -g @zeit/ncc
```

### Usage

```bash
$ ncc build input.js -o dist
```

Outputs the Node.js compact build of `input.js` into `dist/index.js`.

### Execution Testing

For testing and debugging, a file can be built into a temporary directory and executed with full source maps support with the command:

```bash
$ ncc run input.js
```

### With TypeScript

The only requirement is to point `ncc` to `.ts` or `.tsx` files. A `tsconfig.json`
file is necessary. Most likely you want to indicate `es2015` support:

```json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "es2015",
    "moduleResolution": "node"
  }
}
```

### Programmatically From Node.js

```js
require('@zeit/ncc')('/path/to/input', {
  // provide a custom cache path or disable caching
  cache: "./custom/cache/path" | false,
  // externals to leave as requires of the build
  externals: ["externalpackage"],
  minify: false, // default
  sourceMap: false, // default
  watch: false // default
}).then(({ code, map, assets }) => {
  console.log(code);
  // assets is an object of asset file names to { source, permissions }
  // expected relative to the output code (if any)
})
```

When `watch: true` is set, the build object is not a promise, but has the following signature:

```js
{
  // handler re-run on each build completion
  // watch errors are reported on "err"
  handler (({ err, code, map, assets }) => { ... })
  // handler re-run on each rebuild start
  rebuild (() => {})
  // close the watcher
  void close ();
}
```

## Caveats

- Files / assets are relocated based on a static evaluator. Dynamic non-statically analyzable asset loads may not work out correctly
