Script to clean `package.json` properties before publishing a package

clean-package-json.ts

import packageJson from '../package.json'
import { writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
import { resolve } from 'node:path'

const unwantedProperties = ['keywords', 'files', 'scripts', 'devDependencies']

unwantedProperties.forEach(deleteProperty)
rewritePackageJson()

function deleteProperty(key: string) {
  delete packageJson[key]
}

async function rewritePackageJson() {
  try {
    const packagePath = resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json')
    const content = JSON.stringify(packageJson)
    await writeFile(packagePath, content)
  } catch {
    console.log(`Failed to rewrite the cleaned package.json file`)
  }
}