Remove RegExp.escape call

Reduces tarred repo size from 8.5 MB to 2.2 MB

build.mjs

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { copyFile, rm, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
-import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
+import { basename, dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 import * as esbuild from "esbuild";
@@ -13,6 +13,72 @@ const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
 const SRC_DIR = join(__dirname, "src");
 const OUT_DIR = join(__dirname, "lib");
 
+/**
+ * Name of the shared entrypoint file that imports each Action's code. By introducing a single
+ * entrypoint for all the Actions, we avoid duplicating code across each Action's bundle.
+ */
+const SHARED_ENTRYPOINT = "actions-entrypoint";
+
+/** The names of all the Action entry points (as referenced by `action.yml`s). */
+function findActionNames() {
+  return globSync([
+    `${SRC_DIR}/*-action.ts`,
+    `${SRC_DIR}/*-action-post.ts`,
+  ])
+    .map((p) => basename(p, ".ts"))
+    .sort();
+}
+
+const ACTION_NAMES = findActionNames();
+
+/**
+ * Generate the source for the shared entry point. The generated module dispatches at runtime to the
+ * Action selected by `CODEQL_ACTION_ENTRYPOINT`, using `require()` to incorporate each Action's
+ * code without executing the top-level side effects.
+ */
+function generateEntrypointTypescriptSource() {
+  const cases = ACTION_NAMES
+    .map(
+      (name) =>
+        `  case ${JSON.stringify(name)}:\n    require("./${name}");\n    break;`,
+    )
+    .join("\n");
+  return `const entrypoint = process.env.CODEQL_ACTION_ENTRYPOINT;
+switch (entrypoint) {
+${cases}
+  default:
+    throw new Error(
+      \`Unknown CodeQL Action entrypoint: \${JSON.stringify(entrypoint)}. \` +
+        "This file is intended to be invoked via the generated stubs in lib/.",
+    );
+}
+`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Resolve the virtual shared entry point and provide its generated source to esbuild without
+ * writing it to disk.
+ *
+ * @type {esbuild.Plugin}
+ */
+const virtualEntrypointPlugin = {
+  name: "virtual-actions-entrypoint",
+  setup(build) {
+    const namespace = "actions-entrypoint";
+    // Ideally, we'd `RegExp.escape` the entrypoint here, but that API isn't supported in Node 20. Since we're dealing with a hardcoded string, this isn't too much of a problem.
+    build.onResolve({ filter: new RegExp(`^${SHARED_ENTRYPOINT}$`) }, () => ({
+      path: SHARED_ENTRYPOINT,
+      namespace,
+    }));
+    // Restrict using the namespace. The path filter does not need to discriminate any further.
+    build.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace }, () => ({
+      contents: generateEntrypointTypescriptSource(),
+      resolveDir: SRC_DIR,
+      loader: "ts",
+    }));
+  },
+};
+
 /**
  * Clean the output directory before building.
  *
@@ -62,18 +128,48 @@ const onEndPlugin = {
   },
 };
 
+/**
+ * Emit a tiny stub file for each Action entrypoint. Each stub sets an environment variable
+ * identifying which action was invoked and then `require()`s the shared bundle, which dispatches to
+ * the correct Action's code.
+ *
+ * @type {esbuild.Plugin}
+ */
+const emitActionStubsPlugin = {
+  name: "emit-action-stubs",
+  setup(build) {
+    build.onEnd(async () => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        ACTION_NAMES.map(async (name) => {
+          const stub =
+            `"use strict";\n` +
+            `process.env.CODEQL_ACTION_ENTRYPOINT = ${JSON.stringify(name)};\n` +
+            `require("./${SHARED_ENTRYPOINT}.js");\n`;
+          await writeFile(join(OUT_DIR, `${name}.js`), stub);
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+  },
+};
+
 const context = await esbuild.context({
-  // Include upload-lib.ts as an entry point for use in testing environments.
+  // Bundle every action together via the shared entry point. We also keep
-  entryPoints: globSync([
+  // `upload-lib.ts` as a separate entry point for use in testing environments.
-    `${SRC_DIR}/*-action.ts`,
+  entryPoints: [
-    `${SRC_DIR}/*-action-post.ts`,
+    { in: SHARED_ENTRYPOINT, out: SHARED_ENTRYPOINT },
-    "src/upload-lib.ts",
+    join(SRC_DIR, "upload-lib.ts"),
-  ]),
+  ],
   bundle: true,
   format: "cjs",
   outdir: OUT_DIR,
   platform: "node",
-  plugins: [cleanPlugin, copyDefaultsPlugin, onEndPlugin],
+  plugins: [
+    cleanPlugin,
+    copyDefaultsPlugin,
+    virtualEntrypointPlugin,
+    emitActionStubsPlugin,
+    onEndPlugin,
+  ],
   target: ["node20"],
   define: {
     __CODEQL_ACTION_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(pkg.version),