build: wrap alias extraction in try-catch block

Author: Planeshifter

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js

@@ -1063,18 +1063,21 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 	command = 'STDLIB_INPUT_SOURCE_MAP=\'./dist/index.js.map\' STDLIB_PKG=\'@stdlib/'+distPkg+'\' '+jscodeshift+' ./dist/index.js -t '+join( __dirname, 'transform.js' );
 	debug( 'Executing command: %s', command );
 	shell( command, opts );
-
-	// Extract the alias from the Typescript definition file (after `export =` but before the semicolon):
-	command = 'grep -oP \'(?<=export = ).*?(?=;)\' docs/types/index.d.ts';
-	alias = trim( shell( command, opts ).toString() );
-
-	// Create the contents of a `index.d.ts` file in `dist` subdirectory that reexports `docs/types/index.d.ts` (we don't want to duplicate type definitions, so we just reexport them):
-	contents = [
-		'/// <reference path="../docs/types/index.d.ts" />',
-		'import '+alias+' from \'../docs/types/index\';',
-		'export = '+alias+';'
-	].join( '\n' );
-	writeFileSync( join( dist, 'dist', 'index.d.ts' ), contents );
+	try {
+		// Extract the alias from the Typescript definition file (after `export =` but before the semicolon):
+		command = 'grep -oP \'(?<=export = ).*?(?=;)\' docs/types/index.d.ts';
+		alias = trim( shell( command, opts ).toString() );
+
+		// Create the contents of a `index.d.ts` file in `dist` subdirectory that reexports `docs/types/index.d.ts` (we don't want to duplicate type definitions, so we just reexport them):
+		contents = [
+			'/// <reference path="../docs/types/index.d.ts" />',
+			'import '+alias+' from \'../docs/types/index\';',
+			'export = '+alias+';'
+		].join( '\n' );
+		writeFileSync( join( dist, 'dist', 'index.d.ts' ), contents );
+	} catch ( error ) {
+		debug( 'Encountered an error when attempting to extract the alias from the Typescript definition file: %s', error.message );
+	}
 
 	if ( flags[ 'skip-upload' ] ) {
 		return invokeCallback( null, 'skipped' );