How to Serve Dist and Src to Clients

Summary

How to serve built stylesheets and source code to different clients?

Options

A. ❌ Separate Repo

high maintenance, thus high barrier to entry

1. npm install the source repo
   • ⓧ extra steps to test on client using just dist
2. fork the source repo
   • ⓧ extra steps to test on client using just dist
   • ☞ minimal diff
   • ☞ un-.gitignore the dist

B. ❌ Separate Package

high maintenance, premature overhead

1. separate repo
   • ⓧ see above
2. protected branches
   • ⓧ unintuitive maintenance
   • ☞ minimal diff
   • ☞ un-.gitignore the dist
3. monorepo
   • ⓧ nx, npm workspaces, lerna, etc.

C. ✅ Separate Directory

low barrier to entry

1. commit both /src and /dist
   • ⓧ must suffer noisy diffs
   • ✓ easy to do and understand
   • ✓ easy to replace with future solution