App Export - app.json (new v14.10)

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Starting in v14.10 you can override some export behavior.

Restrict Exported Folders/Files

Default Behavior (v7+)

By default, the following folders will not be included in the ZIP file:

The following folders and files are special source-code folders and will not be included in export / import of Apps.

1. .git git versioning data
2. .vs visual studio code settings
3. node_modules location for NPM javascript packages for development
4. bower_components location for javascript packages, similar to NPM but older

New Configurable Behavior

When Webpack5 came along, it also needed the folder .temp_cache. So it became clear, that we shouldn't hardwire a list, but make it configurable.

So now in your App folder you can create a folder App_Data see App_Data and in that create an app.json.

We've also created a schema for it so you will have some intellisense while editing. The latest version is https://schemas.2sxc.org/app/v14/app.json. For other versions see app.json by version.

Example:

{
  "$schema": "https://schemas.2sxc.org/app/v14/app.json",
  /*
    This is a JSON file but it is treated like a JSONC (with comments).

    Different editors may complain about the comments. 
    To reconfigure VS Code so it knows comments are ok, do this: https://azing.org/2sxc/r/h9m1l6JO
  */

  "export": {
    "exclude": [
      // Skip git versioning folders, github config folders
      ".git/",
      ".github/",
      // ".gitignore",

      // Webpack 5 temporary folder and NPM folders
      ".temp_cache/",
      "node_modules/",

      // Other examples
      // ".vs",
      // ".vscode",
      // "package.json",
      // "package-lock.json",
      // "nuget.config",
    ]
  }

}