On build, not all the assets configured are copied.

[greg-md]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current behavior

When you want to copy a big amount of assets on build, not all the files are copied to dist folder.

{
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/nest-cli",
  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
  "sourceRoot": "src",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "assets": [
      {
        "include": "**/*.{js,css,ejs,html,json,less,png,svg,twig}",
        "watchAssets": true
      }
    ]
  }
}

The problem is because the assets manager kills the process after 1 second. See: https://github.com/nestjs/nest-cli/blob/master/lib/compiler/assets-manager.ts#L26

Minimum reproduction code

https://github.com/nestjs/nest-cli/blob/master/lib/compiler/assets-manager.ts#L26

Steps to reproduce

Try to copy a big amout of files, which would take more than 1 second and run nest build.

Expected behavior

It should copy all the files provided in the assets.

Package version

9.1.5

NestJS version

No response

Node.js version

No response

In which operating systems have you tested?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Other

Setting a timeout before stopping the watcher will not work. There should be found other ways of doing it.

I see that chokidar have a ready event for when it completes the first scan, which could be used in non watching mode.

.on('ready', () => log('Initial scan complete. Ready for changes'))

So the fix would be like:

.on('ready', () => !isWatchEnabled && watcher.close())

[kamilmysliwiec]

Would you like to create a PR for this issue?

[greg-md]

@kamilmysliwiec Done. #1829

[greg-md]

@kamilmysliwiec do you have an estimation date when this will get merged & released? Because currently we are blocked by this issue.

[kamilmysliwiec]

Let's track this here #1829

[greg-md]

@kamilmysliwiec how about this issue? Is it going to be fixed properly?