build: skip dependencies removal for top-level packages

Author: Planeshifter

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js

@@ -1232,21 +1232,23 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 			shell( command, opts );
 		}
 
-		// For all dependencies, check in *.js files if they are used in what will be published to npm; if not, remove them:
-		for ( dep in pkgJSON.dependencies ) {
-			if ( hasOwnProp( pkgJSON.dependencies, dep ) ) {
-				escaped = replace( dep, '@', '\\@' );
-				escaped = replace( escaped, '/', '\\/' );
-				command = [
-					'if ! find lib -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
-					'  printf "false"',
-					'else',
-					'  printf "true"',
-					'fi'
-				].join( '\n' );
-				found = shell( command, opts ).toString();
-				if ( found === 'false' && dep !== '@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg' ) {
-					delete pkgJSON.dependencies[ dep ];
+		if ( !isTopLevelNS ) {
+			// For all dependencies, check in *.js files if they are used in what will be published to npm; if not, remove them:
+			for ( dep in pkgJSON.dependencies ) {
+				if ( hasOwnProp( pkgJSON.dependencies, dep ) ) {
+					escaped = replace( dep, '@', '\\@' );
+					escaped = replace( escaped, '/', '\\/' );
+					command = [
+						'if ! find lib -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
+						'  printf "false"',
+						'else',
+						'  printf "true"',
+						'fi'
+					].join( '\n' );
+					found = shell( command, opts ).toString();
+					if ( found === 'false' && dep !== '@stdlib/error-tools-fmtprodmsg' ) {
+						delete pkgJSON.dependencies[ dep ];
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}