move dependencies needed to build CLI to separate package.json

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-/cli/
-
+/packaging/dist/
+/packaging/node_modules/

package.json

@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@
     "sinon": "^9.0.2",
     "tslint": "^6.1.0",
     "tslint-eslint-rules": "^5.4.0",
-    "ts-loader": "^8.0.2",
-    "typescript": "^3.7.5",
-    "webpack": "^4.44.1",
-    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12"
+    "typescript": "^3.7.5"
   }
 }

packaging/package.json

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "name": "codeql-packaging",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "description": "CodeQL action - CLI packaging",
+  "scripts": {
+    "build-cli": "webpack --mode production && pkg dist/code-scanning-cli.js  --out-path dist"
+  },
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "pkg": "^4.4.9",
+    "ts-loader": "8.0.2",
+    "webpack": "^4.44.1",
+    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12"
+  }
+}

packaging/webpack.config.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 
 module.exports = {
-  entry: './src/cli.ts',
+  entry: '../src/cli.ts',
   module: {
     rules: [
       {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   output: {
     filename: 'code-scanning-cli.js',
-    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'cli'),
+    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
   },
   optimization: {
 		minimize: false