Relative path for requesting static assets in dev mode

[suyashdeshpande]

When I do a prod build, static assets are requested from a relative path like ./static/js/bundle.js.
When I do a dev build. static assets are requested from absolute path like /static/js/bundle.js.
NOTE: I have an entry of "homepage": "." in my package.json

I want relative paths in my dev mode also. Any leads?

[RoystonS]

Issue seems to be here:
https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/react-dev-utils/getPublicUrlOrPath.js#L55
The comment in the code says that . is supported to enable relative paths, but in development mode it explicitly ignores the path and uses /. :(
The CRA documentation also explicitly suggests this configuration. (https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#serving-the-same-build-from-different-paths)

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[RoystonS]

This is still an issue we're having to work around.

[benjiwheeler]

It's pretty annoying that you npm run build and then load index.html, and it fails, and you need to manually change the paths within index.html to relative ones for it to not fail.

[raquelhortab]

How's this still unsolved?