npm install fails because of missing dist files

[aoberoi]

Description

npm install fails because of missing dist files

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Reproducible in:

slack-events version: v1.0.0-beta.1
node version: v7
OS version(s): macOS v10.12.2

Steps to reproduce:

1. npm install --save @slack/events-api@beta

Expected result:

successful installation

Actual result:

ankur:test-node-events-api/ $ npm install --save @slack/events-api@beta
npm WARN test-node-events-api@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN test-node-events-api@1.0.0 No repository field.
npm ERR! Darwin 16.3.0
npm ERR! argv "/Users/ankur/.nvm/versions/node/v7.2.0/bin/node" "/Users/ankur/.nvm/versions/node/v7.2.0/bin/npm" "install" "--save" "@slack/events-api@beta"
npm ERR! node v7.2.0
npm ERR! npm  v4.0.2
npm ERR! path /Users/ankur/Developer/play/test-node-events-api/node_modules/@slack/events-api/dist/verify.js
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall chmod

npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/Users/ankur/Developer/play/test-node-events-api/node_modules/@slack/events-api/dist/verify.js'
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/Users/ankur/Developer/play/test-node-events-api/node_modules/@slack/events-api/dist/verify.js'
npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent 

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     /Users/ankur/Developer/play/test-node-events-api/npm-debug.log

[aoberoi]

the issue is that the dist/ directory isn't in the distribution tarball, since its listed in .gitignore. the solution is to commit an empty .npmignore file to override the inheritence of .gitignore.