format command sorts "files" property and breaks packages

Description

syncpack is reordering the contents of the “files” property which changes the contents of the tarball when using “npm publish” or “npm pack”.

example package.json:

{
    files: [
        "dist/",
        "!*.test.*",
        "!__mocks__"
   ]
}

command: npx syncpack format

result:

{
    files: [
        "!*.test.*",
        "!__mocks__",
        "dist/"
   ]
}

expected result:

{
    files: [
        "dist/",
        "!*.test.*",
        "!__mocks__"
   ]
}

The only work-around is to use .npmignore and remove the files property, but this becomes unmanageable.

Suggested Solution

Do not sort the “files” property.

[JamieMason]

Great, thanks a lot. I have the fix ready locally and will release soon.

[raijinsetsu]

Works perfectly. Thanks for the fast turn around!

-Luke

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 12:21 Jamie Mason [e-mail] wrote:

Should be available now in syncpack@5.0.3

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