The norm for web based projects (that employ a build pipeline at least) is that there are src files that get built into an output directory.. there is no established naming convention for such output directories although there are some common names:

• dist
• build
• www
• out

I would love a script that does its best to derive the name of the output directory containing the distributed files.. ideally before a build has happened.

I realise this operation is never going to be fully deterministic.. but I know that the problem can be tackled procedurally by human with a good degree of accuracy. Some pointers can often be found by:

• Examining the README.md
• Examining the package.json namely the build script task
• Examining the gulp or grunt file
• Examining the .gitignore
• A combination of one or more of the above