Reduce the size of the npm package by limiting the included files

[paazmaya]

Looks like the files property (https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#files) is not used in package.json to specify the included files, nor is the .npmignore file (https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/developers#keeping-files-out-of-your-package) is being used for blacklisting unwanted files, for the package published to npm.

Would you consider adding either the files property or the .npmignore file, so that the resulting package file would have smaller size?

The current size can be seen when executing the command npm pack (https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/pack).

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[knksmith57]

for reference:

❯ npm view fast-json-stable-stringify dist.tarball | xargs curl -sS | tar -tz
package/package.json
package/.npmignore
package/README.md
package/LICENSE
package/index.js
package/.travis.yml
package/.eslintrc.yml
package/benchmark/index.js
package/benchmark/test.json
package/example/key_cmp.js
package/example/nested.js
package/example/str.js
package/example/value_cmp.js
package/test/cmp.js
package/test/nested.js
package/test/str.js
package/test/to-json.js

[epoberezkin]

Files property is ok

[knksmith57]

just touching base, @epoberezkin, to let you know that I worked a small PR to address these concerns: #4.

please let me know if there's anything else I can do! thanks!

[JackHowa]

curious about this @epoberezkin