[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #64884: Build: Exclude non-minified VIPS files from grunt module copy

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#64884: Build: Exclude non-minified VIPS files from grunt module copy
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 Reporter:  adamsilverstein   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |  Milestone:  7.0
Component:  Build/Test Tools  |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal            |   Keywords:  has-patch
  Focuses:                    |
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 ## Summary

 The `gutenberg-modules` grunt copy task in `Gruntfile.js` copies all
 script module files from the Gutenberg build except `.map` files. However,
 it does not exclude non-minified VIPS files, which are ~16MB of
 base64-encoded inlined WASM data. The non-minified `worker.js` is nearly
 identical in size to `worker.min.js` (minification has negligible effect
 on base64-encoded binary data) and provides no debugging value.

 The existing `tools/gutenberg/copy.js` already has this exclusion (lines
 213-220), but the Gruntfile's `copy:gutenberg-modules` task — which
 performs the actual module copy during `grunt build:gutenberg` — was
 missing the equivalent filter. This results in both `worker.js` (~16MB)
 and `worker.min.js` (~16MB) being included in the build output
 unnecessarily.

 ## Steps to Reproduce

 1. Run `npx grunt build:gutenberg`
 2. Check `build/wp-includes/js/dist/script-modules/vips/`
 3. Observe both `worker.js` and `worker.min.js` are present, nearly
 identical in size (~16MB each)

 ## Expected Behavior

 Only `worker.min.js` should be present in the build output, since the non-
 minified version provides no additional value for WASM-inlined content.

 ## Proposed Change

 Add a glob exclusion `!vips/!(*.min).js` to the `gutenberg-modules` copy
 task's `src` array in `Gruntfile.js`, matching the filter already in
 `tools/gutenberg/copy.js`.

 PR: https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/11281
 Companion Gutenberg PR: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/76615

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/64884>
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