[bug] Using glob syntax in tauri.conf "resources" causes error during build: "error running light.exe"

[nathanbabcock]

Describe the bug

Specify glob syntax in tauri.conf.json:

"resources": ["./assets/**/*"],

This will work during dev, and in fact the assets will be properly bundled into both /target/debug/ and /target/release/.

However, it results in this error after running npm run tauri build:

Error running CLI: failed to bundle project: error running light.exe: error running light.exe: ``

Notes:

• It seems there must be a subfolder inside the /assets folder for the error to occur
• If the glob syntax is omitted via "resources": ["./assets"], then it seems that assets inside the subfolder are not re-copied during debug

Reproduction

Minimal reproduction in git repo:

1. git clone https://github.com/nathanbabcock/tauri-app
2. npm install
3. npm run tauri build
4. Error occurs

Error running CLI: failed to bundle project: error running light.exe: error running light.exe: ``

Repro from scratch:

1. Create an asset in a nested subfolder, e.g. /assets/subfolder/resource.txt
2. Add these resources to tauri.conf.json using glob syntax: "resources": ["./assets/**/*"]
3. npm run tauri build
4. Error occurs

Error running CLI: failed to bundle project: error running light.exe: error running light.exe: ``

Expected behavior

Installer should be correctly bundled when using glob syntax for resources.

Platform and versions

Environment
  › OS: Windows 10.0.19044 X64
  › Webview2: 101.0.1210.39
  › MSVC: 
      - Visual Studio Community 2019
      - Visual Studio Build Tools 2017
  › Node.js: 14.18.0
  › npm: 8.7.0
  › pnpm: Not installed!
  › yarn: Not installed!
  › rustup: 1.24.3
  › rustc: 1.60.0
  › cargo: 1.60.0
  › Rust toolchain: stable-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc 

Packages
  › @tauri-apps/cli [NPM]: 1.0.0-rc.10
  › @tauri-apps/api [NPM]: 1.0.0-rc.5
  › tauri [RUST]: 1.0.0-rc.10,
  › tauri-build [RUST]: 1.0.0-rc.8,
  › tao [RUST]: 0.8.4,
  › wry [RUST]: 0.16.2,

App
  › build-type: bundle
  › CSP: unset
  › distDir: ../dist
  › devPath: http://localhost:3000/
  › framework: React

App directory structure
  ├─ .git
  ├─ dist
  ├─ node_modules
  ├─ src
  └─ src-tauri

### Stack trace

```shell
$ npm run tauri build

> tauri-app@0.0.0 tauri
> tauri "build"

     Running beforeBuildCommand `npm run build`

> tauri-app@0.0.0 build
> tsc && vite build

vite v2.9.9 building for production...
✓ 34 modules transformed.
dist/assets/favicon.17e50649.svg   1.49 KiB
dist/assets/logo.ecc203fb.svg      2.61 KiB
dist/index.html                    0.46 KiB
dist/assets/index.62f502b0.css     0.75 KiB / gzip: 0.48 KiB
dist/assets/index.2b0e2339.js      140.35 KiB / gzip: 45.10 KiB
   Compiling app v0.1.0 (F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri)
    Finished release [optimized] target(s) in 26.50s
        Info Target: x64
     Running candle for "main.wxs"
     Running light to produce F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\bundle/msi/tauri-app_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi
Error running CLI: failed to bundle project: error running light.exe: error running light.exe: ``

### Additional context

_No response_

[JonasKruckenberg]

Can you try the same command with the --verbose flag?
So npm run tauri build --verbose (or npm run tauri build -- --verbose maybe?)

[nathanbabcock]

Aha, good call. Running with the second --verbose variation gives a little more illumination on what's going wrong inside light.exe. Here's the relevant section of the logs:

main.wxs

     Running [tauri_bundler::bundle::windows::msi::wix] light to produce F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\bundle/msi/tauri-app_0.1.0_x64_en-US.msi
     Running [tauri_bundler::bundle::common] Command `./WixTools\light.exe  -ext WixUIExtension -ext WixUtilExtension -o F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\output.msi -cultures:en-us -loc F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\locale.wxl *.wixobj`
       Debug [tauri_bundler::bundle::common] Stdout: Windows Installer XML Toolset Linker version 3.11.2.4516
Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.

light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: Component, Column: Component, Key(s): msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll_system_amd64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: Component, Column: Component, Key(s): msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll_system_amd64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: FeatureComponents, Column: Component_, Key(s): Microsoft_VC142_CRT_x64.msm.msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll_system_amd64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: FeatureComponents, Column: Component_, Key(s): Microsoft_VC142_CRT_x64.msm.msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll_system_amd64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: Component_, Key(s): msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3       
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: Component_, Key(s): msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3       
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_errorhandling_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_interlocked_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_libraryloader_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_localization_l1_2_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_namedpipe_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3 
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_processenvironment_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_processthreads_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_processthreads_l1_1_1.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_core_rtlsupport_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_crt_environment_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: File, Column: File, Key(s): api_ms_win_crt_filesystem_l1_1_0.dll.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3 
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: ModuleComponents, Column: Component, Key(s): msvcp140_atomic_wait.dll_system_amd64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3.Microsoft_VC142_CRT_X64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3.0
light.exe : warning LGHT1076 : ICE03: String overflow (greater than length permitted in column); Table: ModuleComponents, Column: Component, Key(s): msvcp140_codecvt_ids.dll_system_amd64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3.Microsoft_VC142_CRT_X64.DFEFC2FE_EEE6_424C_841B_D4E66F0C84A3.0
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(98) : error LGHT0204 : ICE30: The target file 'rydztums.txt|resource1.txt' is installed in '[ProgramFiles64Folder]\tauri-app\assets\subfolder\' by 
two different components on an LFN system: 'Ib2b607e34393412cbe79ca920bfe5292' and 'Id82e4e85edca437181ab8ec4b2773c4e'. This breaks component reference counting.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(98) : error LGHT0204 : ICE30: The target file 'rydztums.txt|resource1.txt' is installed in '[ProgramFiles64Folder]\tauri-app\assets\subfolder\' by 
two different components on an LFN system: 'Ib2b607e34393412cbe79ca920bfe5292' and 'Id82e4e85edca437181ab8ec4b2773c4e'. This breaks component reference counting.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(98) : error LGHT0204 : ICE30: The target file 'o2f_dsfy.txt|resource2.txt' is installed in '[ProgramFiles64Folder]\tauri-app\assets\subfolder\' by 
two different components on an LFN system: 'I3348f0c1f0c449aa9273721b08000046' and 'I839589f7e12948b59a41b40adf8c23be'. This breaks component reference counting.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(98) : error LGHT0204 : ICE30: The target file 'o2f_dsfy.txt|resource2.txt' is installed in '[ProgramFiles64Folder]\tauri-app\assets\subfolder\' by 
two different components on an LFN system: 'I3348f0c1f0c449aa9273721b08000046' and 'I839589f7e12948b59a41b40adf8c23be'. This breaks component reference counting.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(98) : error LGHT0204 : ICE30: The target file 'd6ifsji8.txt|resource3.txt' is installed in '[ProgramFiles64Folder]\tauri-app\assets\subfolder\' by 
two different components on an LFN system: 'Ibbb32b32af9742e1b53c63dc21d96ebe' and 'If2ea477ae1ad4f7a9a21d9f0b6b04908'. This breaks component reference counting.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(98) : error LGHT0204 : ICE30: The target file 'd6ifsji8.txt|resource3.txt' is installed in '[ProgramFiles64Folder]\tauri-app\assets\subfolder\' by 
two different components on an LFN system: 'Ibbb32b32af9742e1b53c63dc21d96ebe' and 'If2ea477ae1ad4f7a9a21d9f0b6b04908'. This breaks component reference counting.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(30) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE40: REINSTALLMODE is defined in the Property table. This may cause difficulties.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(99) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE57: Component 'CMP_UninstallShortcut' has both per-user and per-machine data with an HKCU Registry KeyPath.
F:\git\tauri-app\src-tauri\target\release\wix\x64\main.wxs(32) : warning LGHT1076 : ICE61: This product should remove only older versions of itself. No Maximum version was detected for the current product. 
(WIX_UPGRADE_DETECTED)

Error running CLI: failed to bundle project: error running light.exe: error running light.exe: ``      

I can't really make sense of what is meant here by saying that the assets are "installed [...] by two different components on an LFN system" 🤔

[lucasfernog]

I'll fix this issue, there's still an issue in the recursive resource XML builder.

[lucasfernog]

Also using "resources": ["./assets"] did work on the resources example.