[RSC - client directive] : Not working has expected

[StephaneIzi]

Hi, first thank you for this amazing repository ❤️ .

contentlayer has been really useful to me lately.

TLDR : Should i expect contentlayer to handle React Component with client directive inside MDX ?

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I want to use contentlayer to hold all my content (mdx files)

The stack is :

• nextJS 13
• contentlayer
• tailwind

Here is a repo with the stack : https://github.com/Stephane-Pires/contentlayer-mdx-client-directive

I started with MDX using @next/mdx (commit : 1ef8551c6206eb44f0f1717f2f8c32eef7da22d0) , everything was working fine, i was able to import Component with and without use client directive directly inside my mdx files. (Below a gif of the working <Counter /> Button)

file : https://github.com/Stephane-Pires/contentlayer-mdx-client-directive/blob/main/content/hello.mdx

Screen.Recording.2023-04-16.at.18.58.20.mov

Then i tryied MDX using @contentlayer & @next-contentlayer(commit : a3c027e455de3fda8b329ad2e2113b0c38c042e4)

• I configured contentlayer

• Removed the <Counter /> component from the MDX

• generate the .contentlayer with the CLI npx contentlayer build due to No .contentlayer folder is generated in Next.js 13.3 #415 (i think)

Everything is working has expected.

Things started to go off track when i added the <Counter /> component inside MDX files.

I tryied :

• commit : 4761f0852b87a30de8de554e5155d3b3cc00015b
• commit : 353b94051bc2b1b5d6d55d6e290ad3c389776ed9

From my understanding so far, contentlayer could handle Client Component

https://github.com/contentlayerdev/contentlayer/releases

Note: While it's theoretically also possible to use Contentlayer combined with the 'use client' approach, we don't recommend it as it massively increases page sizes and thus the page load time.

My question is : Should i expect contentlayer to handle React Component with client directive inside MDX ?

P.S : I really want to use contentlayer the types generation is a big plus for me !

Thanks for reading !

[schickling]

Possibly related to this #309 (comment)