vite fix custom base url

[patricklx]

this is for vite build.
Vite does only prefix base path to known public files. So, they do have to exist.
Which does not work for virtual vendor.js and others
https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/fe30349d350ef08bccd56404ccc3e6d6e0a2e156/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/html.ts#L456

also, any custom middleware needs to handle this, since base path can be setup during dev

[void-mAlex]

how about making all those URLs relative instead?

[patricklx]

how about making all those URLs relative instead?

that doesn't work, because website can open at some level deeper.
e.g my-website.com/my-app/current-page
and then that doesn't work anymore

[patricklx]

Maybe that vendor.js could be removed anyway. And directly import loaderjs in entry point?
Other things can also all be imported directly? It would break backwards compatibility though

[void-mAlex]

my-website.com/my-app/current-page
is exactly why it should be relative
today, the no1 reason why you can't use ./ for root_url is because of the testing framework and how that assumes things to be available
but making everything relative is the way to go

[patricklx]

But then it would access ./my-page/current-page/asset/some-asset.js ?
For a src=./asset/some-asset.js

[void-mAlex]

But then it would access ./my-page/current-page/asset/some-asset.js ? For a src=./asset/some-asset.js

why would it?
it'a all about build time relativity and relative to initial html

[patricklx]

Vite keeps it like that in the output..

[patricklx]

It's not a module... That's why

[void-mAlex]

Vite keeps it like that in the output..

yes, have it relative to begin with and you don't have an issue ( if there is somewhere I can see this falling short in today's world is the router) but that has problems regardless so you lose nothing by having always relative urls which should be the default as it enables exactly the kind of deploy you mentioned of my-website.com/my-app/

[ef4]

vendor.js has to remain a script, not a module. That's why it continues to exist as a separate thing. All the code in it expects to run in script context.

[patricklx]

i found that this is already done automatically by vite. https://vitejs.dev/guide/build.html#public-base-path
not sure why it was not working for me

[patricklx]

Reopening.
Vite does only prefix base path to known public files.
Which does not work for virtual vendor.js
https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/fe30349d350ef08bccd56404ccc3e6d6e0a2e156/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/html.ts#L456

[void-mAlex]

I would hate for us to re introduce this root url concept in vite world
between base html tag and using relative paths we have better tools to deal wiht this without adding back what I consider broken concepts

[patricklx]

I would hate for us to re introduce this root url concept in vite world between base html tag and using relative paths we have better tools to deal wiht this without adding back what I consider broken concepts

i had older code still there. have a look now