Files declared in .angular-cli "assets" are not copied

[rbluethl]

Versions

Angular CLI: 1.6.4
Node: 8.9.4
OS: win32 x64

Repro steps

My assets are defined as follows in .angular-cli.json (pretty much the default configuration):

"assets": [
  "assets",
  "favicon.png"
]

However, the files are not copied. Neither the assets folder, nor the favicon.
This only arises with @angular/cli@1.6.4. With 1.6.3, everything works fine.

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Can't really tell you anything else, as no errors or whatsoever are thrown during the build.
The declared assets are just missing in the output directory upon build completion.

[dgsqrs]

I have the same problem, even with 1.6.5.
All my styles, scss, stored under assets for but correctly imported from root style.scss aren’t available anymore using the —prod flag.

[blovell33]

I am experiencing this behavior as well, seems to work okay on a Windows 10 box, but seeing the issue on a Windows Server 2008 R2 box, using 1.6.5, ng build --prod -verbose. The favicon.ico and assets folder are missing. Downgraded to 1.6.3 and that worked as expected.

[filipesilva]

I can't reproduce myself on my Windows 10 machine. @blovell33's report indicates it might be OS related.

@dgsqrs are you on windows as well? If so, what version? Is anyone using symlinks/junction or anything of the sort in their projects?

There was a commit related to asset copy (c7735ab) merged between 1.6.3 and 1.6.4. This commit runs some extra processing on the path. Maybe it's related to the path used. @rbluethl @dgsqrs @blovell33 can you show me the full path for the assets folder in the system where it does not work?

/cc @clydin

[rbluethl]

C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\{csharpprojectname}\bin\Release\www
System: Windows 10 Enterprise N

Thanks for looking into this.

[enriquegarciagutierrez]

I'm experiencing the same issue with version 1.6.5 and Windows 7 x64.

If I try downgrading to version 1.6.3 I get the following error after ng build --prod:

Error: Cannot find module '@angular-devkit/core'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:536:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:466:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:579:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\PROJECTS\[examples]\PWA\pwa-ng5\node_modules\@angulardevkit\schematics\src\tree\virtual.js:10:16)
    at Module._compile (module.js:635:30)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:646:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:554:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:497:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:489:3)

Even after installing the package with npm i -D @angular-devkit/core, the ng build --prod command doesn't copy the assets folder either.

[filipesilva]

@enriquegarciagutierrez can you show me the full path for the assets folder in the system where it does not work?

[dgsqrs]

@filipesilva I'm using Osx but I got the same problem using Ubuntu. I don't know what information I can give you, actually. I did a ng serve and it worked. ng serve --prod does not work and I just saw that the scss are missing, but only those from my assets folder. I have no error, nowhere.

[enriquegarciagutierrez]

Hi @filipesilva

The folder is currently located in C:\PROJECTS\[examples]\PWA\pwa-ng5\src\assets.

I tried creating the project again in C:\pwa-ng5 with version 1.6.5 and surprisingly it's copying favicon.ico but not the assets folder with this configuration in .angular-cli.json:

"apps": [
    {
      "root": "src",
      "outDir": "dist",
      "assets": [
        "assets",
        "favicon.ico"
      ],

Edit: Never mind, it wasn't copying because there was no content inside assets folder. As soon as I copied some files inside it worked like a charm!

So maybe it has to be with the folder path containing weird characters such as []?

[dgsqrs]

@filipesilva This issue does not existing using 1.7.0-beta.1 (but I have others)