Eject a non changed component

[jlarrubiaq]

Hi,

I'd like to know if there is way to eject a component (and consume it as a dependency) when this hasn't been changed and then it's not possible to use bit export --eject.

Thanks

[itaymendel]

Awesome idea @jlarrubiaq .
I think this should be easy to implement... but i'd like to think a bit more about the experience of this feature (for this to be a feature in the export command might feel like stepping a bit out of scope)

[boschr]

I discovered Bit yesterday. I was wondering how to do exactly this. Looks like this is not possible at the moment? Bit looks really well developed, but this seems a really basic feature to me.

I was facing this problem when i exported some new components. The export went well, but the eject failed. Probably a dirty .git/bit directory? What is the best approach to remove (eject) the local files? I thought: remove the component folders and install the components with npm/yarn.

The components ***@0.0.1, ***@0.0.1 were exported successfully.
However, the eject operation has failed due to an error: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, unlink '***/.git/bit/objects/98/f4a3525aa097f2fae5942c42f9b2c87bb7e801'

Thumbup!

[jlarrubiaq]

Hi @itaymendel ,

yes, I think maybe as a parameter of the export command wouldn't be the best idea. What about including it as a parameter/flag of remove? Similar to bit remove --track but keeping the component as an external dependency.

[ThomasKientz]

Is there a workaround ? I am stuck with unmodified sourced components that I want to get back as simple dependencies.

[itaymendel]

@ThomasKientz , there is a workaround. you can run bit remove to remove the local component, and then install the component using npm. behind the scenes this is what bit does.

[lubomir-chatoryiskyi]

@itaymendel Hello! Is it possible to add a command to remove all or a single local component? Because bit remove removes the component from package.json as well.

[itaymendel]

hi @lubomir-chatoryiskyi
not at the moment.
however there are 2 merged features which will allow doing just that.
A combination of a new eject command and support for wildcard when triggering actions on components should solve your issue.
Both will be released alongside Bit's next release.

[itaymendel]

implemented. closing this issue.
bit eject