ci: remove prepack and prepublishonly scripts (#14832)

AlessioGr · web-flow · commit 20914ccec4ea · 2025-12-08T15:07:18.000-05:00
This PR removes the `prepack` and `prepublishonly` scripts, which have become unnecessary and counterproductive. PR #14820 introduced a new `pnpm build:debug` command. However, when running our pre-release publish workflow, each package is currently built twice: once via `pnpm build:debug` (as intended) and again via the hard-coded `prepublishonly` script. Because prepublishonly always runs a clean, non-debug build, it both nullifies the debug output and adds significant overhead by rebuilding everything. All of our release and pack-to-destination scripts already perform a full build ahead of time, so these additional prepublish hooks provide no benefit and actively interfere with the intended debug workflow. This PR removes the redundant scripts to ensure debug builds work as expected and to speed up the release process.
diff --git a/packages/admin-bar/package.json b/packages/admin-bar/package.json
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/create-payload-app/package.json b/packages/create-payload-app/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
     "pack-template-files": "node --no-deprecation --import @swc-node/register/esm-register src/scripts/pack-template-files.ts",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm build",
     "test": "jest",
     "typecheck": "tsc"
   },
diff --git a/packages/db-d1-sqlite/package.json b/packages/db-d1-sqlite/package.json
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepack": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/drizzle": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/package.json b/packages/db-mongodb/package.json
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "mongoose": "8.15.1",
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/package.json b/packages/db-postgres/package.json
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepack": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build --filter=./",
     "renamePredefinedMigrations": "node --no-deprecation --import @swc-node/register/esm-register ./scripts/renamePredefinedMigrations.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/db-sqlite/package.json b/packages/db-sqlite/package.json
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepack": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@libsql/client": "0.14.0",
diff --git a/packages/db-vercel-postgres/package.json b/packages/db-vercel-postgres/package.json
@@ -71,8 +71,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepack": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "renamePredefinedMigrations": "node --no-deprecation --import @swc-node/register/esm-register ./scripts/renamePredefinedMigrations.ts"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/package.json b/packages/drizzle/package.json
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepack": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "console-table-printer": "2.12.1",
diff --git a/packages/email-nodemailer/package.json b/packages/email-nodemailer/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "nodemailer": "7.0.9"
diff --git a/packages/email-resend/package.json b/packages/email-resend/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/graphql/package.json b/packages/graphql/package.json
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "graphql-scalars": "1.22.2",
diff --git a/packages/kv-redis/package.json b/packages/kv-redis/package.json
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "clean": "rimraf {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "ioredis": "^5.4.1"
diff --git a/packages/live-preview-react/package.json b/packages/live-preview-react/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/live-preview": "workspace:*"
diff --git a/packages/live-preview-vue/package.json b/packages/live-preview-vue/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/live-preview": "workspace:*"
diff --git a/packages/live-preview/package.json b/packages/live-preview/package.json
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/next/.swcrc-debug b/packages/next/.swcrc-debug
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/swcrc",
+  "sourceMaps": true,
+  "jsc": {
+    "target": "esnext",
+    "parser": {
+      "syntax": "typescript",
+      "tsx": true,
+      "dts": true
+    },
+    "transform": {
+      "react": {
+        "runtime": "automatic",
+        "pragmaFrag": "React.Fragment",
+        "throwIfNamespace": true,
+        "development": true,
+        "useBuiltins": true
+      }
+    },
+    "keepClassNames": true,
+    "preserveAllComments": true
+  },
+  "module": {
+    "type": "es6"
+  },
+  "minify": false
+}
diff --git a/packages/next/createStubScss.js b/packages/next/createStubScss.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { mkdirSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { dirname, join } from 'path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const __dirname = dirname(__filename)
+
+const distProdDir = join(__dirname, 'dist', 'prod')
+const stylesPath = join(distProdDir, 'styles.css')
+
+const comment = `/*
+ * This file is a stub for debug builds.
+ * Direct SCSS imports are preserved for debug builds, so this file is not needed.
+ * For production builds, the actual bundled styles are generated by the build:esbuild script.
+ */
+`
+
+// Create the dist/prod directory if it doesn't exist
+mkdirSync(distProdDir, { recursive: true })
+
+// Write the stub CSS file with comment
+writeFileSync(stylesPath, comment, 'utf8')
+
+console.log('Created stub styles.css for debug build')
diff --git a/packages/next/eslint.config.js b/packages/next/eslint.config.js
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ export const index = [
         tsconfigRootDir: import.meta.dirname,
         projectService: {
           // See comment in packages/eslint-config/index.mjs
-          allowDefaultProject: ['bundleScss.js', 'bundle.js', 'babel.config.cjs'],
+          allowDefaultProject: [
+            'bundleScss.js',
+            'createStubScss.js',
+            'bundle.js',
+            'babel.config.cjs',
+          ],
         },
       },
     },
diff --git a/packages/next/package.json b/packages/next/package.json
@@ -86,17 +86,18 @@
     "build:babel": "rm -rf dist_optimized && babel dist --out-dir dist_optimized --source-maps --extensions .ts,.js,.tsx,.jsx,.cjs,.mjs && rm -rf dist && mv dist_optimized dist",
     "build:bundle-for-analysis": "rm -rf dist && rm -rf tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:babel && pnpm copyfiles && node ./bundle.js esbuild",
     "build:cjs": "swc ./src/withPayload.js -o ./dist/cjs/withPayload.cjs --config-file .swcrc-cjs --strip-leading-paths",
-    "build:debug": "pnpm build",
+    "build:debug": "rm -rf dist && rm -rf tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && pnpm build:swc:debug && pnpm copyfiles:debug && pnpm build:types && pnpm build:cjs && node createStubScss.js",
     "build:esbuild": "node bundleScss.js",
     "build:reactcompiler": "rm -rf dist && rm -rf tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:babel && pnpm copyfiles && pnpm build:types && pnpm build:esbuild  && pnpm build:cjs",
     "build:swc": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc --strip-leading-paths",
+    "build:swc:debug": "swc ./src -d ./dist --config-file .swcrc-debug --strip-leading-paths",
     "build:types": "tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",
     "build:without_reactcompiler": "rm -rf dist && rm -rf tsconfig.tsbuildinfo && pnpm copyfiles && pnpm build:types && pnpm build:swc && pnpm build:cjs && pnpm build:esbuild",
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo,esbuild}",
-    "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
+    "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
+    "copyfiles:debug": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "lint-staged": {
     "**/package.json": "sort-package-json",
diff --git a/packages/payload-cloud/package.json b/packages/payload-cloud/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "test": "jest"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/payload/package.json b/packages/payload/package.json
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "pretest": "pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/package.json b/packages/plugin-cloud-storage/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "test": "echo \"No tests available.\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-ecommerce/package.json b/packages/plugin-ecommerce/package.json
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/translations": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-form-builder/package.json b/packages/plugin-form-builder/package.json
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "test": "echo \"No tests available.\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-import-export/package.json b/packages/plugin-import-export/package.json
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@faceless-ui/modal": "3.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-mcp/package.json b/packages/plugin-mcp/package.json
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "pack:plugin": "pnpm prepublishOnly && pnpm copyfiles && pnpm pack",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "pack:plugin": "pnpm build && pnpm pack"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk": "^1.17.2",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/package.json b/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/package.json
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "pack:plugin": "pnpm prepublishOnly && pnpm copyfiles && pnpm pack",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "pack:plugin": "pnpm build && pnpm pack"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/package.json b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/package.json
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/eslint-config": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-redirects/package.json b/packages/plugin-redirects/package.json
@@ -54,8 +54,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/translations": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-search/package.json b/packages/plugin-search/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
     "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no tests specified\""
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-sentry/package.json b/packages/plugin-sentry/package.json
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@sentry/nextjs": "^8.33.1",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-seo/package.json b/packages/plugin-seo/package.json
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/translations": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/plugin-stripe/package.json b/packages/plugin-stripe/package.json
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
     "clean": "rimraf -g {dist,*.tsbuildinfo}",
     "copyfiles": "copyfiles -u 1 \"src/**/*.{html,css,scss,ttf,woff,woff2,eot,svg,jpg,png,json}\" dist/",
     "lint": "eslint .",
-    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix",
-    "prepublishOnly": "pnpm clean && pnpm turbo build"
+    "lint:fix": "eslint . --fix"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@payloadcms/translations": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/.swcrc-debug b/packages/richtext-lexical/.swcrc-debug
diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json b/packages/richtext-lexical/package.json
diff --git a/packages/richtext-slate/package.json b/packages/richtext-slate/package.json
diff --git a/packages/sdk/package.json b/packages/sdk/package.json
diff --git a/packages/storage-azure/package.json b/packages/storage-azure/package.json
diff --git a/packages/storage-gcs/package.json b/packages/storage-gcs/package.json
diff --git a/packages/storage-r2/package.json b/packages/storage-r2/package.json
diff --git a/packages/storage-s3/package.json b/packages/storage-s3/package.json
diff --git a/packages/storage-uploadthing/package.json b/packages/storage-uploadthing/package.json
diff --git a/packages/storage-vercel-blob/package.json b/packages/storage-vercel-blob/package.json
diff --git a/packages/translations/package.json b/packages/translations/package.json
diff --git a/packages/ui/.swcrc-debug b/packages/ui/.swcrc-debug
diff --git a/packages/ui/package.json b/packages/ui/package.json
diff --git a/templates/plugin/package.json b/templates/plugin/package.json
diff --git a/tools/releaser/src/publish-prerelease.ts b/tools/releaser/src/publish-prerelease.ts
