Add removeAlpha op, removes alpha channel if any #1248

lib/channel.js

@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ const bool = {
   eor: 'eor'
 };
 
+/**
+ * Remove alpha channel, if any. This is a no-op if the image does not have an alpha channel.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * sharp('rgba.png')
+ *   .removeAlpha()
+ *   .toFile('rgb.png', function(err, info) {
+ *     // rgb.png is a 3 channel image without an alpha channel
+ *   });
+ *
+ * @returns {Sharp}
+ */
+function removeAlpha () {
+  this.options.removeAlpha = true;
+  return this;
+}
+
 /**
  * Extract a single channel from a multi-channel image.
  *
@@ -102,6 +119,7 @@ function bandbool (boolOp) {
 module.exports = function (Sharp) {
   // Public instance functions
   [
+    removeAlpha,
     extractChannel,
     joinChannel,
     bandbool