Fix image corruption with safer defaults, error handling, and integrity checks

[aditya305]

Issue: Images (e.g., PNG, JPG) were being corrupted during optimization, likely due to aggressive compression settings or unhandled errors in the gulp-imagemin plugin. I found out this issue and observed in a custom implementation and potentially the main plugin.

Fixes:

• Safer Defaults: Adjusted plugin settings to reduce corruption risk:
  • imagemin-mozjpeg: Set quality: 90 (from a lower value) and enabled progressive: true for better compatibility.
  • imagemin-optipng: Set optimizationLevel: 3 to avoid over-compression of PNGs.
  • imagemin-gifsicle: Reduced optimizationLevel: 2 to prevent aggressive optimization.
  • imagemin-svgo: Limited plugins to preserve viewBox and avoid unintended changes.
• Error Handling: Added try-catch blocks around imagemin.buffer to catch and log optimization errors, returning the original file if optimization fails to prevent corruption.
• Integrity Check: Implemented a basic size check (skipping files < 100 bytes) to detect and avoid corrupt outputs.
• Enhanced Logging: Improved verbose output with chalk for better debugging, showing success, warnings, and errors.

Testing:

• Tested on April 29, 2025, with a sample set of PNG, JPG, GIF, and SVG files.
• Ran gulp with --verbose to verify logging and ensured optimized images rendered correctly in a browser and image viewer.
• Confirmed no corruption by comparing original and optimized files using file command (e.g., file dist/assets/image.png).

Impact:

• Reduces the likelihood of image corruption during optimization.
• Maintains reasonable file size reduction while prioritizing integrity.
• Users can enable verbose mode (--verbose) to debug issues.

Additional Notes:

• The changes are backward-compatible but may result in slightly larger file sizes due to safer settings.
• Consider adding unit tests for the integrity check and error handling if the project supports it (e.g., Mocha).
• Open to feedback on adjusting default settings or adding configuration options for advanced users.

Checklist:

• Code compiles successfully.
• Tests pass (if applicable).
• Documentation updated (if needed, e.g., README or plugin docs).
• Changes reviewed locally.

Please review and let me know if further adjustments are needed!