Code cleanup

Author: jared

examples/typescript-flake-project/default.nix

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ where
       - executes `${name}-npm-extra-dependencies`.
 
 - `packages."${name}-typescript-exe"` is `packages."${name}-typescript"` except
-  runs `npm install --global --prefix="$out"` for the `installPhase`.
+  runs `npm install --global --prefix="$out"` for the `installPhase` and
+  copies some of the symbolic links so that the output makes sense.
 
 - `packages."${name}-typescript-tgz"` is `packages."${name}-typescript"` except
   runs `npm pack` after the `buildPhase` to create a tarball of the project in

flake-lang/typescript/description.md

@@ -410,9 +410,12 @@ pkgs.lib.makeExtensible
               # A better solution would be to symlink stuff inside the tarballs
               # / find a way to tell npm that the dependencies are in the root
               # directory in `./.extra-dependencies/*`
-              mv -f ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg npmExtraDependenciesFolder} "$TMPFILE"
-              rm -rf .gitignore # otherwise, `npm` will ignore the `.extra-dependencies`
-              cp -Lr "$TMPFILE" ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg npmExtraDependenciesFolder}
+              if [ -e ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg npmExtraDependenciesFolder} ]
+              then
+                  mv -f ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg npmExtraDependenciesFolder} "$TMPFILE"
+                  rm -rf .gitignore # otherwise, `npm` will ignore the `.extra-dependencies`
+                  cp -Lr "$TMPFILE" ${pkgs.lib.escapeShellArg npmExtraDependenciesFolder}
+              fi
 
               mkdir -p "$out/tarballs"
               npm pack --pack-destination "$out/tarballs"