refactor(cli): new --in-place/--no-in-place option to the export-dynamic-plugin CLI command to allow exporting to dist-dynamic (when value is false).

packages/cli/src/commands/export-dynamic-plugin/backend-embed-as-dependencies.ts

@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ function checkWorkspacePackageVersion(
   );
 }
 
-function customizeForDynamicUse(options: {
+export function customizeForDynamicUse(options: {
   embedded: ResolvedEmbedded[];
   monoRepoPackages: Packages | undefined;
   sharedPackages?: SharedPackagesRules | undefined;

packages/cli/src/commands/export-dynamic-plugin/command.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
+import path from 'path';
+
 import { paths } from '../../lib/paths';
 import { getConfigSchema } from '../../lib/schema/collect';
 import { Task } from '../../lib/tasks';
@@ -28,9 +30,9 @@ import { backend as backendEmbedAsDependencies } from './backend-embed-as-depend
 import { applyDevOptions } from './dev';
 import { frontend } from './frontend';
 
-const saveSchema = async (packageName: string, path: string) => {
+const saveSchema = async (packageName: string, destination: string) => {
   const configSchema = await getConfigSchema(packageName);
-  await fs.writeJson(paths.resolveTarget(path), configSchema, {
+  await fs.writeJson(paths.resolveTarget(destination), configSchema, {
     encoding: 'utf8',
     spaces: 2,
   });
@@ -53,10 +55,10 @@ export async function command(opts: OptionValues): Promise<void> {
     } else {
       targetPath = await backendEmbedAsCode(roleInfo, opts);
     }
-    configSchemaPath = 'dist-dynamic/dist/configSchema.json';
+    configSchemaPath = path.join(targetPath, 'dist/configSchema.json');
   } else if (role === 'frontend-plugin') {
     targetPath = await frontend(roleInfo, opts);
-    configSchemaPath = 'dist-scalprum/configSchema.json';
+    configSchemaPath = path.join(targetPath, 'dist-scalprum/configSchema.json');
   } else {
     throw new Error(
       'Only packages with the "backend-plugin", "backend-plugin-module" or "frontend-plugin" roles can be exported as dynamic backend plugins',

packages/cli/src/commands/export-dynamic-plugin/frontend.ts

@@ -16,20 +16,28 @@
 
 import { PackageRoleInfo } from '@backstage/cli-node';
 
+import { getPackages } from '@manypkg/get-packages';
+import chalk from 'chalk';
 import { OptionValues } from 'commander';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 
+import path from 'path';
+
 import { buildScalprumPlugin } from '../../lib/builder/buildScalprumPlugin';
+import { productionPack } from '../../lib/packager/productionPack';
 import { paths } from '../../lib/paths';
+import { Task } from '../../lib/tasks';
+import { customizeForDynamicUse } from './backend-embed-as-dependencies';
 
 export async function frontend(
   _: PackageRoleInfo,
-  __: OptionValues,
+  opts: OptionValues,
 ): Promise<string> {
   const {
     name,
     version,
     scalprum: scalprumExternal,
+    files,
   } = await fs.readJson(paths.resolveTarget('package.json'));
 
   let scalprum = scalprumExternal;
@@ -54,7 +62,63 @@ export async function frontend(
     );
   }
 
-  await fs.remove(paths.resolveTarget('dist-scalprum'));
+  const distDynamicRelativePath = 'dist-dynamic';
+  const target = opts.inPlace
+    ? path.resolve(paths.targetDir)
+    : path.resolve(paths.targetDir, distDynamicRelativePath);
+
+  if (!opts.inPlace) {
+    Task.log(
+      `Packing main package to ${chalk.cyan(
+        path.join(distDynamicRelativePath, 'package.json'),
+      )}`,
+    );
+
+    if (opts.clean) {
+      await fs.remove(target);
+    }
+
+    await fs.mkdirs(target);
+
+    await productionPack({
+      packageDir: paths.targetDir,
+      targetDir: target,
+    });
+
+    Task.log(
+      `Customizing main package in ${chalk.cyan(
+        path.join(distDynamicRelativePath, 'package.json'),
+      )} for dynamic loading`,
+    );
+    if (files && Array.isArray(files) && !files.includes('dist-scalprum')) {
+      files.push('dist-scalprum');
+    }
+    const monoRepoPackages = await getPackages(paths.targetDir);
+    await customizeForDynamicUse({
+      embedded: [],
+      monoRepoPackages,
+      overridding: {
+        name: `${name}-dynamic`,
+        // We remove scripts, because they do not make sense for this derived package.
+        // They even bring errors, especially the pre-pack and post-pack ones:
+        // we want to be able to use npm pack on this derived package to distribute it as a dynamic plugin,
+        // and obviously this should not trigger the backstage pre-pack or post-pack actions
+        // which are related to the packaging of the original static package.
+        scripts: {},
+        files,
+      },
+    })(path.resolve(target, 'package.json'));
+  }
+
+  const resolvedScalprumDistPath = path.join(target, 'dist-scalprum');
+
+  Task.log(
+    `Generating dynamic frontend plugin assets in ${chalk.cyan(
+      resolvedScalprumDistPath,
+    )}`,
+  );
+
+  await fs.remove(resolvedScalprumDistPath);
 
   await buildScalprumPlugin({
     writeStats: false,
@@ -65,7 +129,8 @@ export async function frontend(
       version,
     },
     fromPackage: name,
+    resolvedScalprumDistPath,
   });
 
-  return paths.targetDir;
+  return target;
 }

packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts

@@ -123,8 +123,16 @@ export function registerScriptCommand(program: Command) {
     )
     .option(
       '--embed-as-dependencies',
-      'Include embedded packages as private dependencies, instead of merging the with the generated code. Experimental for now, but expected to become the default.',
+      'Include embedded packages as private dependencies of backend plugins, instead of merging them with the generated code. Experimental for now, but expected to become the default.',
+      false,
     )
+    .option('--no-embed-as-dependencies', undefined, true)
+    .option(
+      '--in-place',
+      'Adds the frontend dynamic plugin assets to the `dist-scalprum` folder of the original plugin package. When value is `false` (using `--no-in-place`), it produces the assets in a distinct package located in the `dist-dynamic` sub-folder, as for backend plugins. `true` by default for now, it is expected to become `false` by default.',
+      true,
+    )
+    .option('--no-in-place', undefined, false)
     .action(lazy(() => import('./export-dynamic-plugin').then(m => m.command)));
 
   command

packages/cli/src/lib/builder/buildScalprumPlugin.ts

@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ interface BuildScalprumPluginOptions {
   configPaths: string[];
   pluginMetadata: PluginBuildMetadata;
   fromPackage: string;
+  resolvedScalprumDistPath: string;
 }
 
 export async function buildScalprumPlugin(options: BuildScalprumPluginOptions) {
-  const { targetDir, pluginMetadata, fromPackage } = options;
+  const { targetDir, pluginMetadata, fromPackage, resolvedScalprumDistPath } =
+    options;
   await buildScalprumBundle({
     targetDir,
     entry: 'src/index',
@@ -23,5 +25,6 @@ export async function buildScalprumPlugin(options: BuildScalprumPluginOptions) {
       args: [],
       fromPackage,
     })),
+    resolvedScalprumDistPath,
   });
 }

packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/bundlePlugin.ts

@@ -23,23 +23,35 @@ function applyContextToError(error: string, moduleName: string): string {
 }
 
 export async function buildScalprumBundle(
-  options: BundlingPathsOptions & DynamicPluginOptions,
+  options: BundlingPathsOptions &
+    DynamicPluginOptions & {
+      resolvedScalprumDistPath: string;
+    },
 ) {
   const paths = resolveBundlingPaths(options);
-  const config = await createScalprumConfig(paths, {
-    ...options,
-    checksEnabled: false,
-    isDev: false,
-    baseUrl: resolveBaseUrl(options.frontendConfig),
-  });
+  const config = await createScalprumConfig(
+    {
+      targetScalprumDist: options.resolvedScalprumDistPath,
+      ...paths,
+    },
+    {
+      ...options,
+      checksEnabled: false,
+      isDev: false,
+      baseUrl: resolveBaseUrl(options.frontendConfig),
+    },
+  );
 
   const isCi = yn(process.env.CI, { default: false });
 
   const previousFileSizes = await measureFileSizesBeforeBuild(
-    paths.targetScalprumDist,
+    options.resolvedScalprumDistPath,
   );
-  await fs.emptyDir(paths.targetScalprumDist);
+  await fs.emptyDir(options.resolvedScalprumDistPath);
 
+  // TODO(davidfestal): ask @tumido or @Hyperkid123if this still makes sense here for dynamic plugins.
+  // That seems strange since the public assets are not copied to `dist-scalprum`,
+  // which is the place from where the dynamic plugin assets will be served
   if (paths.targetPublic) {
     await fs.copy(paths.targetPublic, paths.targetDist, {
       dereference: true,
@@ -56,7 +68,7 @@ export async function buildScalprumBundle(
   printFileSizesAfterBuild(
     stats,
     previousFileSizes,
-    paths.targetScalprumDist,
+    options.resolvedScalprumDistPath,
     WARN_AFTER_BUNDLE_GZIP_SIZE,
     WARN_AFTER_CHUNK_GZIP_SIZE,
   );

packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/paths.ts

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ export function resolveBundlingPaths(options: BundlingPathsOptions) {
     targetPath: resolvePath(targetDir, '.'),
     targetRunFile: runFileExists ? targetRunFile : undefined,
     targetDist: resolvePath(targetDir, 'dist'),
-    targetScalprumDist: resolvePath(targetDir, 'dist-scalprum'),
     targetAssets: resolvePath(targetDir, 'assets'),
     targetSrc: resolvePath(targetDir, 'src'),
     targetDev: resolvePath(targetDir, 'dev'),

packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/scalprumConfig.ts

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export const sharedModules = {
 };
 
 export async function createScalprumConfig(
-  paths: BundlingPaths,
+  paths: BundlingPaths & { targetScalprumDist: string },
   options: DynamicPluginOptions,
 ): Promise<webpack.Configuration> {
   const { checksEnabled, isDev } = options;