Fix CLI for npm global install — build src/ to dist/ with tsc

Node refuses to run .ts files from node_modules/. The CLI and daemon
now run from dist/ (compiled by tsc). Tests and exports updated to
use dist/ for subprocess spawning.

npm run build is now required before using the CLI locally.

Author: myobie

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 node_modules/
-bin/cli.js
+dist/
 result

bin/pty

@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-const cli = join(__dirname, 'cli.js');
+const cli = join(__dirname, '..', 'dist', 'cli.js');
 
 if (!existsSync(cli)) {
-  console.error('bin/cli.js not found. Run: npm run build');
+  console.error('dist/cli.js not found. Run: npm run build');
   process.exit(1);
 }
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@myobie/pty",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "description": "Persistent terminal sessions with detach/attach support",
   "type": "module",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   ],
   "files": [
     "bin/",
-    "src/",
+    "dist/",
     "completions/",
     "docs/",
     "README.md",
@@ -29,11 +29,17 @@
     "pty": "./bin/pty"
   },
   "exports": {
-    "./testing": "./src/testing/index.ts",
-    "./tui": "./src/tui/index.ts"
+    "./testing": {
+      "types": "./dist/testing/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/testing/index.js"
+    },
+    "./tui": {
+      "types": "./dist/tui/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/tui/index.js"
+    }
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "esbuild src/cli.ts --bundle --platform=node --format=esm --outfile=bin/cli.js --external:node-pty --external:@xterm/headless --external:@xterm/addon-serialize --external:@preact/signals-core",
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "prepare": "git config core.hooksPath githooks 2>/dev/null || true; chmod +x node_modules/node-pty/prebuilds/darwin-*/spawn-helper 2>/dev/null || true; sh scripts/update-nix-hash.sh 2>/dev/null || true",
     "install-completions": "sh scripts/install-completions.sh",

src/server.ts

@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ export class PtyServer {
 }
 
 /** Entry point when this file is run as the daemon process. */
-if (process.argv[1]?.endsWith("/server.ts")) {
+if (process.argv[1]?.endsWith("/server.js")) {
   const config = JSON.parse(process.env.PTY_SERVER_CONFIG ?? "{}");
   if (!config.name || !config.command) {
     console.error("PTY_SERVER_CONFIG env var required");

src/spawn.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export async function spawnDaemon(
   const rows = stdout.rows ?? 24;
   const cols = stdout.columns ?? 80;
 
-  const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "server.ts");
+  const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "server.js");
   const config = JSON.stringify({
     name,
     command,

tests/screenshot.test.ts

@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ describe("screenshot: high-throughput output", () => {
 describe("daemon spawning", () => {
   const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
   const nodeBin = process.execPath;
-  const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "..", "src", "server.ts");
+  const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "..", "dist", "server.js");
 
   it(
     "daemon starts and serves a session via the node spawn mechanism",
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ describe("daemon spawning", () => {
 describe("immediate attach after daemon start", () => {
   const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
   const nodeBin = process.execPath;
-  const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "..", "src", "server.ts");
+  const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "..", "dist", "server.js");
 
   async function spawnDaemonAndWaitForSocket(
     name: string,

tests/tui.test.ts

@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import { Session } from "../src/testing/index.ts";
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const nodeBin = process.execPath;
-const cliPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "src", "cli.ts");
-const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "..", "src", "server.ts");
+const cliPath = path.join(__dirname, "..", "dist", "cli.js");
+const serverModule = path.join(__dirname, "..", "dist", "server.js");
 
 // Each test gets its own temp session dir
 const testRoot = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "ptui-"));

tsconfig.build.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "target": "ES2022",
+    "module": "Node16",
+    "moduleResolution": "Node16",
+    "strict": true,
+    "esModuleInterop": true,
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "declaration": true,
+    "rewriteRelativeImportExtensions": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+}