Only copy .js files for scripts

[desrosj]

The *.min.asset.php files in the js/dist directory should not be copied in the build step.

The contents of these files are already included in the built wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.php file.

Trac ticket: Core-64393.

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Pull request overview

This PR adjusts the Gutenberg build integration so that the script-modules copy step only brings over JavaScript files, avoiding copying PHP module metadata files (e.g. individual *.asset*.php) and other non-JS files that are already consolidated into wp-includes/assets/.

Changes:

• Update copy:gutenberg-modules in Gruntfile.js to copy only **/*.js from gutenberg/build/modules.

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[peterwilsoncc]

This one not so much

1. Merge in trunk for testing purposes.
2. rm -rf gutenberg .gutenberg-hash; npm ci; npm run grunt clean:qunit; npm run build:dev
3. Visit font library wp-admin/font-library.php?p=%2Ffont-list
4. Observe black screen of death

Environment

• WordPress: 7.0-beta5-61991-src
• PHP: 8.5.3
• Server: nginx/1.24.0
• Database: mysqli (Server: 8.0.44-0ubuntu0.24.04.2 / Client: mysqlnd 8.5.3)
• Browser: Firefox 148.0
• OS: macOS
• Theme: Twenty Twenty-Five 1.4
• MU Plugins:
  • cpt-test.php
  • _admin_bar_show_cache.php
  • _qm-mappings.php
• Plugins:
  • Test Reports 1.2.1

[desrosj]

@peterwilsoncc thanks! I revised the code to skip the PHP files for the scripts, not the modules. I was crossed up because they are called scripts and script modules, but are different. Also adjusted the PR title and description.

The PHP files copied into js/dist/script-modules are still required because they're consumed directly by the individual pages in order to register a script properly with dependencies.

I'd like to look at adjusting that for 7.1 so that the wp_register_script() calls are extracted out of these pages and into script-loader.php, but limiting the other PHP files that are unnecessary currently is good for now.

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A commit was made that fixes the Trac ticket referenced in the description of this pull request.

SVN changeset: 62073
GitHub commit: 28646ea

This PR will be closed, but please confirm the accuracy of this and reopen if there is more work to be done.