list-npm-package-content

You can preview npm package contents by building and packing the tarball to inspect its exact files. This verifies include and exclude rules defined in package.json, .npmignore, and .gitignore before release.

Unintended files are included when ignore rules are misconfigured. Packing the tarball and listing its contents lets you debug the exact files captured by package.json, .npmignore, and .gitignore configurations.

To list tarball contents across npm packages in a monorepo, run the script from the project root during your release workflow. It builds, packs, and lists the resulting tarball files to verify publish visibility.

Yes, you need pnpm installed to build and pack the package. You also need standard tar tooling to inspect the generated tarball and standard package.json configurations to define the include and exclude rules.

The best way to verify files included in an npm publish is to generate and inspect the tarball prior to release. This catches unintended inclusions by validating your packaging and release workflows against the actual output.