rollup-plugin-strip-code

A rollup plugin to remove parts of code based on regular expressions.

Can be used to remove sections of code.

Why? And what it does?

Why: For example you may want to remove code from production builds, but keep it in development and test environments.

Usefull to remove code from production builds that are only needed in development and test environments, or to remove custom internationalized information. What it does: This plugin uses start and end comments to identify the code sections to strip out. For example:

/*START.TESTS_ONLY*/
VueNotifications._private = {} //'_private' object would be exist only during the test time
VueNotifications._private.getVersion = getVersion // And I would be able to test 'getVersion' function (otherwise it won't be accesible because of the closure
/*END.TESTS_ONLY*/

(example from vue-notifications library)

or a bit simpler:

/* test-code */
removeMeInProduction();
/* end-test-code */

doNotRemoveMe();

Attention: You have to use /* ... */ for such comments, not just // ...

Getting Started

First, install rollup-plugin-strip-code as a development dependency:

npm i rollup-plugin-strip-code --save-dev
#or
yarn add rollup-plugin-strip-code --dev

Example config

Add to your rollup.config.js:

import pkg from './package.json'
import commonjs from 'rollup-plugin-commonjs'
import resolve from 'rollup-plugin-node-resolve'
import babel from 'rollup-plugin-babel'

//here we are
import stripCode from "rollup-plugin-strip-code"

export default [
  {
    input: 'src/main.js',
    output: {
      file: pkg.browser,
      format: 'umd'
    },
    name: pluginName
  },
  {
    input: 'src/main.js',
    external: external,
    output: [
      {file: pkg.main, format: 'umd', name: pluginName}
    ],
    watch: {
      exclude: ['node_modules/**']
    },
    sourcemap: true,
    plugins: [
      resolve(),
      commonjs(),
      babel({
        exclude: 'node_modules/**'
      }),
      stripCode({
        start_comment: 'START.TESTS_ONLY',
        end_comment: 'END.TESTS_ONLY'
      })
    ]
  }
];

WOAH-WOAH, what if I want to remove the comments conditionnaly?

You may use rollup-plugin-conditional plugin for that case, for instance:

const isProduction = process.env.buildTarget === "production" //assuming you'd run it with something like "cross-env BABEL_ENV=production && rollup -c"
...
plugins: [
  conditional(isProduction, [
    stripCode({
      start_comment: 'START.TESTS_ONLY',
      end_comment: 'END.TESTS_ONLY'
    })
  ])
]
...

Options

options.start_comment

Type: String Default value: start_comment

The text inside the opening comment used to identify code to strip.

options.end_comment

Type: String Default value: end_comment

The text inside the closing comment used to identify code to strip.

options.pattern

Type: RegExp Default value: (a generated RegExp matching the start and end comments)

If the default start and end comment matching doesn't work for you needs, you can supply your own RegExp to match against. If the pattern option is specified, the start_comment and end_comment options are ignored.

Tests

npm test

Same plugins for another tools

• WebPack strip-code-loader
• Grunt grunt-strip-code
• Gulp gulp-strip-code

Contributing

Feel free and go ahead.

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2017 Sergei Panfilov

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Legal Disclaimer

This project is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind. The authors and contributors disclaim all liability for any damages arising from its use, inability to use, or performance. Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations in their jurisdiction, including but not limited to:

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For details, see the full DISCLAIMER.md file.