Try reducing blocks build size (#43344)

* Try reducing blocks build size

* Add changefile(s) from automation for the following project(s): woocommerce

* Only set NODE_ENV if its not already defined

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plugins/woocommerce/.distignore

@@ -1,27 +1,35 @@
 .*
 .*/
 *.lock
+*.map
 *.md
 *.zip
 /bin/
 /build/
 /changelog/
 /node_modules/
+/patches/
+/playwright-report/
+/storybook/
 /tests/
 /e2e/
 babel.config.js
+blocks.ini
 composer.*
 contributors.html
 docker-compose.yaml
 Dockerfile
 Gruntfile.js
+global.d.ts
 none
 package-lock.json
 package.json
 packages/woocommerce-admin/docs
+packages/woocommerce-blocks/docs
 phpcs.xml
 phpunit.xml
 phpunit.xml.dist
+postcss.config.js
 project.json
 README.md
 renovate.json

plugins/woocommerce/bin/build-zip.sh

@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ find "$PROJECT_PATH/assets/css/." ! -name '.gitkeep' -type f -exec rm -f {} + &&
 
 echo "Installing PHP and JS dependencies..."
 pnpm install
+
 echo "Running JS Build..."
+if [ -z "${NODE_ENV}" ]; then
+	export NODE_ENV=production
+fi
 pnpm --filter='@woocommerce/plugin-woocommerce' build || exit "$?"
 echo "Cleaning up PHP dependencies..."
 composer install --no-dev || exit "$?"

plugins/woocommerce/changelog/43344-try-build-size-fix

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+Comment: This PR affects build tooling and a change entry is not required.
+