Non-minified browser build no longer in the repository?

[salmatron]

Hi,
I work on a PHP-based CMS that uses JSON5. We try to add all third party JS in non-minified form as it's helpful when debugging. Where can I get a copy of non-minified build of JSON5? I think there should be one in the repository or at least linked in the README.md as this can be a potential deterrent to user adoption.

[jordanbtucker]

Good point! I've scheduled this for the v2.0.0 release.

[jordanbtucker]

Fixed. The non-minified version is at dist/index.js and the minified version is at dist/index.min.js. You'll need to upgrade to v2.0.0 to see the change.

[salmatron]

@jordanbtucker I can't actually see the files in the repo. The dist directory is specified in the .gitignore file, did you perhaps forget to commit it? Or do you mean that these files should exist after running the build command?

[jordanbtucker]

Sorry for the confusion. No, the dist directory is not committed to the repository, but it is included in the npm package. Here's a few ways to access dist/index.js.

Option 1: Install it from npm

npm install json5

Find the file at node_modules/json5/dist/index.js

Option 2: Use unpkg
Download the file at https://unpkg.com/json5@2/dist/index.js or use it in the browser directly.

<script src="https://unpkg.com/json5@2/dist/index.js"></script>

Option 3: Build it

git clone https://github.com/json5/json5
cd json5
npm install
npm run build

Find the file at dist/index.js

By the way, there's a few long lines of regular expressions near the beginning of the file, which might make it seem like it's minified, but if you look further down the file, you'll see it's not.

[jordanbtucker]

I just released v2.0.1 which ensures that the bundles in the dist directory target ES5. In v2.0.0 they were targeting ES6.