仅在发布后而非构建时使用NPM最小化javascript

Question

I am trying to minify JS files using NPM commands. I need minify command must run only on Post Publish and not on Build. But currently it runs after build and publish both. I have written the following code in Package.json:

 "scripts": { "uglify": "recursive-uglifyjs ./Scripts/src/" } 

I have created a new DefaultTarget in .csproj

<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build;AfterPublish" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

And code for target is:

 <Target Name="AfterPublish" AfterTargets="MSDeployPublish">
<Exec Command="npm run uglify " />
<Exec Command="echo $(Configuration)"></Exec>
<Exec Command="echo testing..after publiosh " />

Whenever I run this. It minify JS files after build and publish both. Where as I need to restrict it to Publish only.

Please let me know if I am missing something.

Answer 1

Remove "AfterPublish" from the project DefaultTargets and try the following change to the AfterTargets property:

<Target Name="AfterPublish" AfterTargets="GatherAllFilesToPublish">
<Exec Command="npm run uglify " />
<Exec Command="echo $(Configuration)"></Exec>
<Exec Command="echo testing..after publiosh " />