Environment

Node version: >=20.19.0
npm version: 11.4.2 ( [email protected] )
ESLint version: 9.34.0
eslint-plugin-n version: 17.21.0
Operating System: linux

When the bin and files are defined as

	"bin": "bin/index.js",
	"files": [
		"lib/"
	],

n/no-unpublished-bin throws

  3:1  error  npm ignores 'bin/index.js'. Check 'files' field of 'package.json' or '.npmignore'  n/no-unpublished-bin

What rule do you want to report?

n/no-unpublished-bin

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

https://github.com/JoshuaKGoldberg/OctoGuide/pull/264/files

What did you expect to happen?

Removing bin/index.js from the files in package.json would not cause an error.

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

Additional comments

Removing bin/index.js from the files in package.json and running npm pack shows that the bin/index.js is still included.

See JoshuaKGoldberg/eslint-plugin-package-json#1246 for more information.