BREAKING: Move vnu-jar to peerDependencies

Author: XhmikosR

README.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 Install this grunt plugin next to your project's [Gruntfile.js][getting_started] with:
 
 ```bash
-npm install grunt-html -D
+npm install grunt-html vnu-jar -D
 ```
 
 Then add this line to your project's `Gruntfile.js`:
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ Use this option to control the number of threads that grunt-html will use when v
 ## Potential pitfalls
 
 * vnu.jar requires Java 8 environment or up.
+* As of v19.0.0, `vnu-jar` is no longer a bundled dependency and must be installed separately: `npm install vnu-jar -D`.
 
 ## License
 

lib/javaArgs.js

@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const jar = require('vnu-jar');
+let jar;
+try {
+  jar = require('vnu-jar');
+} catch {
+  throw new Error('vnu-jar is not installed. Run `npm install vnu-jar` to install it.');
+}
 
 // Determine proper jarfile arguments
 function javaArgs(java, chunk, config) {

package-lock.json

@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "^3.2.6",
-    "picocolors": "^1.1.1",
-    "vnu-jar": "25.11.3"
+    "picocolors": "^1.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@lodder/time-grunt": "^4.0.0",
@@ -39,10 +38,12 @@
     "mocha": "^11.7.5",
     "start-server-and-test": "^3.0.4",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.1",
+    "vnu-jar": "26.5.12",
     "xo": "^2.0.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "grunt": ">=0.4.0"
+    "grunt": ">=0.4.0",
+    "vnu-jar": ">=25.11.3"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "gruntplugin"