parseJSON has been modified to always include private fields if not otherwise instructed. This is to ensure back-compatibility. The BUILD command instead, excludes private fields by default

src/core/abstract-resume.coffee

@@ -50,4 +50,32 @@ class AbstractResume
     lastDate = _.last( new_e )[1];
     lastDate.diff firstDate, unit
 
+  ###*
+  Removes ignored or private fields from a resume object
+  @returns an object with the following structure:
+  {
+    scrubbed: the processed resume object
+    ignoreList: an array of ignored nodes that were removed
+    privateList: an array of private nodes that were removed
+  }
+  ###
+  scrubResume: (rep, opts) ->
+    traverse = require 'traverse'
+    ignoreList = []
+    privateList = []
+    includePrivates = if not opts?.private? then true else opts?.private
+
+    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map ( x ) ->
+      if !@isLeaf
+        if @node.ignore == true || @node.ignore == 'true'
+          ignoreList.push @node
+          @remove()
+        else if (@node.private == true || @node.private == 'true') && !includePrivates
+          privateList.push @node
+          @remove()
+
+    scrubbed: scrubbed
+    ingoreList: ignoreList
+    privateList: privateList
+
 module.exports = AbstractResume

src/core/fresh-resume.coffee

@@ -55,18 +55,7 @@ class FreshResume extends AbstractResume
 
     # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
     that = @
-    traverse = require 'traverse'
-    ignoreList = []
-    privateList = []
-
-    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map ( x ) ->
-      if !@isLeaf
-        if @node.ignore == true || @node.ignore == 'true'
-          ignoreList.push this.node
-          @remove()
-        else if (@node.private == true || @node.private == 'true') && !opts?.private
-          privateList.push @node
-          @remove()
+    { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
 
     # Now apply the resume representation onto this object
     extend( true, @, scrubbed );

src/core/jrs-resume.coffee

@@ -50,18 +50,7 @@ class JRSResume extends AbstractResume
     opts = opts || { };
     # Ignore any element with the 'ignore: true' or 'private: true' designator.
     that = this
-    traverse = require 'traverse'
-    ignoreList = []
-    privateList = []
-
-    scrubbed = traverse( rep ).map ( x ) ->
-      if !@isLeaf
-        if @node.ignore == true || @node.ignore == 'true'
-          ignoreList.push this.node
-          @remove()
-        else if (@node.private == true || @node.private == 'true') && !opts?.private
-          privateList.push @node
-          @remove()
+    { scrubbed, ignoreList, privateList } = @scrubResume rep, opts
 
     # Extend resume properties onto ourself.
     extend true, this, scrubbed

src/verbs/build.coffee

@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ _build = ( src, dst, opts ) ->
 Prepare for a BUILD run.
 ###
 _prep = ( src, dst, opts ) ->
-
   # Cherry-pick options //_opts = extend( true, _opts, opts );
   _opts.theme = (opts.theme && opts.theme.toLowerCase().trim()) || 'modern';
   _opts.prettify = opts.prettify is true