lerna bootstrap links whole folder, even if files and main are specified

Expected Behavior

I’ve tried to exclude the src, test and node_modules folder from the linked package. I’ve tried adding them to a .npmignore file and adding the files to the main and files property of the package.json (in each subproject)

package.json includes:

linked package looks like this however:

Current Behavior

Lerna copies the whole folder, including the node_modules, src and test folder

lerna.json

{
    "packages": [
        "packages/*",
        "services/*"
    ],
    "version": "0.0.0",
    "npmClient": "npm"
}

lerna-debug.log

Your Environment

Executable	Version
lerna --version	3.18.1
npm --version	6.9.0
yarn --version	-
node --version	10.16.3

OS	Version
macOS Catalina	10.15

[evocateur]

@cevr I linked to the docs earlier:

You’re probably looking for pkg.publishConfig.directory (or --contents if it’s global).

I don’t personally use lerna bootstrap, so your guess is as good as mine.

[evocateur]

@UnchartedBull And actually, I don’t quite understand what your problem is? Linking to the directory where the package.json lives with the "main": "dist/index.js" is exactly what should be happening (even when transpiling your source). Unless you’re trying to do complicated angular/typescript crap, then yeah, --contents or pkg.publishConfig.directory is what you want.