Export shinylive from a staged app directory - #2
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shinylive::export() inlines every non dotfile in the app directory into app.json, and it ignores .Rbuildignore. Exporting from the repo root meant renv.lock, renv/activate.R, man/, the Dockerfile and the Rproj file were all downloaded by every visitor. renv.lock alone is 408 KB of the 526 KB app.json. Stage only the files the app needs to run. That is 14 files and 20 KB.
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shinylive::export() inlines every non dotfile in the app directory into app.json, and it does not honour .Rbuildignore. We already list renv.lock there and it was still going out.
app.json is currently 526 KB, of which renv.lock is 408 KB and renv/activate.R is 40 KB. The Dockerfile, man pages and the Rproj file were shipping too. None of it does anything in a browser.
Added a step that stages only what the app needs to run, then exports from that. 14 files, 20 KB.