Why does the prestart:prod script remove the dist folder?

[nestjs]

Why does the prestart:prod script remove the dist folder?

[fvilers]

OK, thanks for the precision. It looks awkward to build the application on each startup, especially in a container environment. I usually build my application only once (on delivery) then start it from the dist folder.

[kamilmysliwiec]

"build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
"prestart:prod": "rimraf dist && npm run build"

prestart:prod removes dist and afterward, builds the entire project.

[theill]

I agree with @fvilers - this should be a prebuild script instead as I see it.

[justinwilson-apollidon]

+1 I agree. The start of your application should assume it has already been built via your build system. For containerized environments, this is especially something that should be prebuild.

[kamilmysliwiec]

We actually changed that already.