attempt to avert disaster issue 246

Author: nmccready

scripts/mockPublish

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+mkdir -p ./tmp
+npm pack
+mv *.tgz ./tmp
+tar xvzf tmp/*.tgz -C ./tmp
+
+exit 0

scripts/publish

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+echo 'Testing Package for publishing...'
+./node_modules/.bin/tape ./test/publish.js
+
+echo 'Attempting npm publish...'
+npm publish
+
+echo 'Success'
+
+exit 0

test/publish.js

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+'use strict';
+
+var test = require('tape');
+var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+
+function cleanUp(cb) {
+  return exec('rm -rf ./tmp', cb);
+}
+
+function makeTestPackage(cb) {
+  return exec('./scripts/mockPublish', cb);
+}
+
+// with regards to averting npm publishing disasters https://github.com/floridoo/gulp-sourcemaps/issues/246
+test('can load a published version', function(t) {
+  // return t.fail("mock fail");
+  cleanUp(function() {
+    makeTestPackage(function() {
+      try {
+        // attempt to load a packed / unpacked potential deployed version
+        require('../tmp/package/index');
+      }
+      catch (error){
+        t.fail(error);
+      }
+      finally{
+        cleanUp(function() {
+          t.end();
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  });
+});