Bundle files without minifying them

[LisaTatum]

Hi,

from your main site:
"Bundling is the process of taking multiple source files and combining them into a single output file. All CSS and JavaScript bundles are also being automatically minified."

I want to debug my code during development thus I do not want minified code, but I want it bundled as my index.cshtml file always references a single all.js file.

How can I disable the minification of a bundle?

[hellfirehd]

Instead of using AddJavaScriptBundle(...) use a custom pipeline:

pipeline.AddBundle("/js/bundle.js", "text/javascript; charset=UTF-8", "/js/a.js", "/js/b.js")
  .Concatenate(); // This is what makes the bundle

[enkelmedia]

I would say that passing a "CodeSettings" instance to the AddJavaScript bundle like

pipeline.AddJavaScriptBundle("/bundle-frontend.js",
                        new CodeSettings()
                        {
                            MinifyCode = false
                        },
                        "/js/helper.analytics.js",
                        "/js/view.frontend.site.js",
                    );

Should be respected, right now it's not

I just made a copy of it to solve this temporary:

public static IAsset AddJsBundle(
            this IAssetPipeline pipeline,
            string route,
            CodeSettings settings,
            params string[] sourceFiles)
        {
            if(settings.MinifyCode)
                return pipeline.AddBundle(route, "text/javascript; charset=UTF-8", sourceFiles)
                    .EnforceFileExtensions(".js", ".jsx", ".es5", ".es6")
                    .Concatenate()
                    .AddResponseHeader("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
                    .MinifyJavaScript(settings);

            return pipeline.AddBundle(route, "text/javascript; charset=UTF-8", sourceFiles)
                .EnforceFileExtensions(".js", ".jsx", ".es5", ".es6")
                .Concatenate()
                .AddResponseHeader("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff");
        }

[felovala]

Any chance this will be implemented/fixed? The AddJavaScriptBundle does not allow to prevent the file from being minified even if you pass the settings.

[TechLiam]

Submitted #245 to try and address this

[cadilhac]

Can't wait to get this fix in the next nuget.

[TechLiam]

The fix I did has now been released which I thought I'd put here as I checked on it today