Add gitignore copying for template, add npmignore, switch to ESM

Author: stephencme

packages/create-mcp-ts/.npmignore

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+.mcp-ts/
+node_modules/
+
+# System
+.DS_Store
+.idea/
+.vscode/

packages/create-mcp-ts/package.json

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "cli",
     "generator"
   ],
+  "type": "module",
   "bin": "./dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsup src/index.ts --dts --clean",

packages/create-mcp-ts/src/index.ts

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import {
   printUsingTemplate,
   templateDescriptionString,
   usageString,
-} from "./utils";
+} from "./utils.js";
 
 // Load package.json for version and name information
 const packageJson = require("../package.json") as any;
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ const program = new Command(packageJson.name)
 
 const options = program.opts();
 
+// Helper function to handle special file names during template copying
+function getDestinationFileName(srcFileName: string): string {
+  // Handle special cases for template files
+  if (srcFileName === "gitignore") {
+    return ".gitignore";
+  }
+  return srcFileName;
+}
+
 async function run() {
   // Clean up project directory string input
   if (typeof projectDir === "string") {
@@ -93,7 +102,19 @@ async function run() {
         );
         process.exit(1);
       }
-      fs.copySync(localTemplatePath, resolvedProjectPath);
+      // Copy files with special file name handling
+      const templateFiles = fs
+        .readdirSync(localTemplatePath)
+        .filter((file) => !["node_modules", ".git"].includes(file));
+
+      templateFiles.forEach((file) => {
+        const srcPath = path.join(localTemplatePath, file);
+        const destPath = path.join(
+          resolvedProjectPath,
+          getDestinationFileName(file)
+        );
+        fs.copySync(srcPath, destPath);
+      });
     } else {
       // For npm packages, first create a package.json
       const tempPackageJson = {
@@ -120,10 +141,13 @@ async function run() {
         .readdirSync(templatePath)
         .filter((file) => !["node_modules", ".git"].includes(file));
 
-      // Copy each file/directory from the template
+      // Copy each file/directory from the template with special file name handling
       templateFiles.forEach((file) => {
         const srcPath = path.join(templatePath, file);
-        const destPath = path.join(resolvedProjectPath, file);
+        const destPath = path.join(
+          resolvedProjectPath,
+          getDestinationFileName(file)
+        );
         fs.copySync(srcPath, destPath);
       });
 

packages/mcp-scripts/.npmignore

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+node_modules/
+
+# System
+.DS_Store
+.idea/
+.vscode/

packages/mcp-scripts/package.json

@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/stephencme/create-mcp-ts.git",
     "directory": "packages/mcp-ts-template-default"
   },
+  "type": "module",
   "bin": "./dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsup src/index.ts src/setup.ts src/eject.js --dts --clean"
+    "build": "tsup src/index.ts src/setup.ts src/eject.js --format esm --dts --clean"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^22.13.13",

packages/mcp-scripts/src/eject.js

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
 console.log("Ejecting from mcp-scripts...");
 
@@ -127,11 +133,11 @@ try {
   let scriptsUpdated = false;
 
   if (freshProjectScripts.dev === "mcp-scripts dev") {
-    freshProjectScripts.dev = "tsup src/index.ts --dts --watch";
+    freshProjectScripts.dev = "tsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --watch";
     scriptsUpdated = true;
   }
   if (freshProjectScripts.build === "mcp-scripts build") {
-    freshProjectScripts.build = "tsup src/index.ts --dts --clean";
+    freshProjectScripts.build = "tsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --clean";
     scriptsUpdated = true;
   }
   if (freshProjectScripts.setup === "mcp-scripts setup") {

packages/mcp-scripts/src/index.ts

@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import { join } from "path";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
+const __dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url));
 
 // Define commands
 const commands = {
-  dev: "tsup src/index.ts --dts --watch",
-  build: "tsup src/index.ts --dts --clean",
+  dev: "tsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --watch",
+  build: "tsup src/index.ts --format esm --dts --clean",
   setup: `node ${join(__dirname, "setup.js")}`,
   eject: `node ${join(__dirname, "eject.js")}`,
 };

packages/mcp-ts-template-default/.npmignore

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dist/
+node_modules/
+
+# System
+.DS_Store
+.idea/
+.vscode/

packages/mcp-ts-template-default/gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+dist/
+node_modules/
+
+# System
+.DS_Store
+.idea/
+.vscode/

packages/mcp-ts-template-default/package.json

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/stephencme/create-mcp-ts.git",
     "directory": "packages/mcp-ts-template-default"
   },
+  "type": "module",
   "bin": "./dist/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "mcp-scripts dev",