Can't build wp-now on windows as cp doesn't work

[wojtekn]

I tried building wp-now on a Windows 11 Powershell, but it failed with the error:

PS C:\Users\wojtek\playground-tools> npm run build

> wp-playground@0.0.0 build
> nx run-many --all --target=build

    ×  nx run wp-now:build:bundle
       'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
       operable program or batch file.
       Warning: run-commands command "cp packages/wp-now/public/* dist/packages/wp-now" exited with non-zero status code
    ×  nx run vscode-extension:build:bundle
       'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
       operable program or batch file.
       Warning: run-commands command "cp -r packages/vscode-extension/public dist/packages/vscode-extension" exited with non-zero status code
    √  nx run nx-extensions:build (5s)
    √  nx run interactive-code-block:build:bundle (30s)

    ×  nx run interactive-code-block:build:zip

Copy commands like cp packages/wp-now/public/* dist/packages/wp-now work fine when I use them directly in the shell.

I ran those two copy commands manually and tried to run wp-now, but it tried running build so it failed too:

PS C:\Users\wojtek\playground-tools>  nx preview wp-now start --path=../wordpress-seo

> nx run wp-now:"build:bundle"

'cp' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Warning: run-commands command "cp packages/wp-now/public/* dist/packages/wp-now" exited with non-zero status code

[wojtekn]

I don't know what is the best fix, but the one proposed here looks solid.

[danielbachhuber]

Related WordPress/wordpress-playground#435