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Baseline Build Scripts and Cleanup

Set up clean dev/build scripts using npm-run-all, rimraf, and cross-env so your Baseline builds are predictable across platforms.

Prerequisites

Baseline installed; package.json is ESM ("type": "module").
Install dev dependencies: npm install rimraf npm-run-all cross-env.

Steps

Add scripts to package.json

Ensure these are present:

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "npm-run-all clean dev",
    "clean": "rimraf dist/",
    "dev": "npx @11ty/eleventy --serve",
    "build:eleventy": "cross-env ELEVENTY_ENV=production npx @11ty/eleventy",
    "build": "npm-run-all clean build:*",
    "dryrun": "npx @11ty/eleventy --dryrun"
  }
}

Run local dev with clean output
```
npm run start
```
- Runs clean (removes dist/), then dev server.
Run production build
```
npm run build
```
- Runs clean, then build:eleventy with ELEVENTY_ENV=production.
Optional: dry run
```
npm run dryrun
```
- Inspect what would be built without writing files.

Notes

rimraf dist/ keeps output clean across platforms; adjust the path if you change dir.output.
npm-run-all sequences clean → dev/build; keep clean first so stale artifacts don’t leak into builds.
cross-env sets ELEVENTY_ENV=production portably.

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