[E4E-30]: FIx the lack of a root index.js on build

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
 build
+dist

README.md

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ const userSearch = (searchPattern: string) => {
 
 ## Releasing
 
+Checking in the dist folder is not necessary as it will be built upon npm install by the downstream project.
+
 After making any changes and merging them to main, please do the following:
 
 * Create a new branch from main and run `npm run update:version`

package.json

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     "url": "git+https://github.com/nrccua/apollo-rest-utils.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "npm run clean && tsc lib/**/*.ts --excludeFiles lib/**/*.test.ts --outDir dist --esModuleInterop --declaration",
+    "build": "npm run clean && tsc lib/**/*.ts lib/*.ts --excludeFiles lib/**/*.test.ts --outDir dist --esModuleInterop --declaration",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
     "clean:full": "npm run clean && rm -rf node_modules",
     "postinstall": "npm run build",

tsconfig.json

@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@
   "include": [
     "./**/*",
   ],
+  "resolveJsonModule": true,
   "target": "es5",
 }