Enable use as a Git dependency

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ Changes since the last non-beta release.
 
 #### Fixed
 
+- Incorrect type and confusing name for `ReactOnRails.registerStore`, use `registerStoreGenerators` instead. [PR 1651](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/1651) by [alexeyr-ci](https://github.com/alexeyr-ci).
 - Changed the ReactOnRails' version checker to use `ReactOnRails.configuration.node_modules_location` to determine the location of the package.json that the `react-on-rails` dependency is expected to be set by.
 - Also, all errors that would be raised by the version checking have been converted to `Rails.Logger` warnings to avoid any breaking changes. [PR 1657](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/1657) by [judahmeek](https://github.com/judahmeek).
+- Enable use as a `git:` dependency. [PR 1664](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/1664) by [alexeyr-ci](https://github.com/alexeyr-ci).
 
 #### Added
 - Added streaming server rendering support:
@@ -35,9 +37,6 @@ Changes since the last non-beta release.
 #### Changed
 - Console replay script generation now awaits the render request promise before generating, allowing it to capture console logs from asynchronous operations. This requires using a version of the Node renderer that supports replaying async console logs. [PR #1649](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/1649) by [AbanoubGhadban](https://github.com/AbanoubGhadban).
 
-#### Fixed
-- Incorrect type and confusing name for `ReactOnRails.registerStore`, use `registerStoreGenerators` instead. [PR 1651](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/1651) by [alexeyr-ci](https://github.com/alexeyr-ci).
-
 ### [14.0.5] - 2024-08-20
 #### Fixed
 - Should force load react-components which send over turbo-stream [PR #1620](https://github.com/shakacode/react_on_rails/pull/1620) by [theforestvn88](https://github.com/theforestvn88).

package-scripts.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ scripts:
       description: Run eslint in debug mode.
       script: DEBUG=eslint:cli-engine nps eslint
 
+  build:
+    prepack:
+      description: Build the project in the prepack script.
+      # 1. If the project is already built, do nothing;
+      # 2. Build the project but ignore TypeScript errors from missing devDependencies;
+      # 3. Check if the project is built now;
+      # 4. If it failed, print an error message (still follow https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/using-npm/scripts#best-practices).
+      script: >
+        [ -f node_package/lib/ReactOnRails.js ] ||
+          yarn run build &> /dev/null ||
+          [ -f node_package/lib/ReactOnRails.js ] ||
+          { echo 'Building react-on-rails seems to have failed!'; }
+
   format:
     default:
       description: Format files using prettier.

package.json

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     "test": "jest node_package/tests",
     "clean": "rm -rf node_package/lib",
     "start": "nps",
+    "prepack": "nps build.prepack",
     "prepublishOnly": "yarn run build",
     "build": "yarn run clean && yarn run tsc --declaration",
     "build-watch": "yarn run clean && yarn run tsc --watch",