npm publish does not include build files

I am trying to create a web component using angular. So far so good. My goal is to publish it to GitHub Packages and for that I am using an Action. This is the job doing the building and publishing.

build-publish-release:
needs: create-release
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0

- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v4
with:
node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
cache: npm

- name: Install Dependencies
run: npm install

- name: Build
run: npm run buildrd

- name: Cleanup
run: |
rm dist/web-component/index.html
rm dist/web-component/prerendered-routes.json

- name: Authenticate with GitHub Registry
run: |
npm set @My-Scope:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
npm set "//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"

- name: Publish
run: npm pack && npm publish
env:
NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}


As a result, when I install the published package into a project and inspect it in the node_modules folder, things get weird. The only files included in the package are: LICENSE, README.md and package.json.

• 
  I added the files array to the package.json, which looks like this: "files": [ "dist/**/*" ]
  
  
• 
  I added an .npmignore which has the same content as my .gitignore, just without dist
  

Continue reading...