Nuxt3: nitro.publicAssets does not copy custom dirs to .output/public

[pstatham-exp]

Environment

Nuxt project info: 11:47:55 PM

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• Operating System: Linux
• Node Version: v21.5.0
• Nuxt Version: 3.9.1
• CLI Version: 3.10.0
• Nitro Version: 2.8.1
• Package Manager: npm@10.2.4
• Builder: -
• User Config: app, alias, css, devtools, nitro, modules, quasar, postcss, ssr
• Runtime Modules: nuxt-quasar-ui@2.0.7
• Build Modules: -

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Reproduction

The StackBlitz and CodeSandbox do not allow .output/ directories, so cannot reproduce there

Describe the bug

Following the description of #18918 I am unable to add additional directories to the .output/public folder:

nitro: {
    publicAssets: [
      {
        baseURL: 'samples',
        dir: './samples',
        maxAge: 60 * 60 * 24 * 7
      }
    ]
  },

This assumes I have a directory called samples at the same level of the nuxt.config.ts.

When running npm run build, the .output/public does not contain this directory.

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[danielroe]

Stackblitz does produce a .output/ folder, it's just hidden. So you are welcome to provide a Stackblitz reproduction.

[github-actions]

Would you be able to provide a reproduction? 🙏

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[marekbuxobucek]

@pstatham-exp As you can see it is semi-working.

It gives public access to serve content under dir path ignoring baseURL in nitro.publicAssets

reproduction
https://stackblitz.com/edit/github-9ukebr-ui1ppg?file=pages%2Findex.vue&file=nuxt.config.ts

steps to reproduce:

• yarn build
• node .output/server/index.mjs

it works until I change the img src in index.vue to use publicAssets.baseURL instead of publicAssets.dir path

[danielroe]

We need to provide a resolver to let Vite know that the custom baseURL you provide matches that directory on disk. (We already do something very similar for layer public dirs.)