Vite: Fix emptyOutDir override by plugins like Adonis

[Sidnioulz]

Closes #32245

What I did

Prevented Vite plugins from messing with emptyOutDir which causes Storybook builds to lose files. We previously had this logic in place for user-written config but it didn't catch post enforce changes made by users' plugins.

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Walkthrough

The Vite build-enforcement plugin now protects outDir and emptyOutDir for client builds. A regression test verifies that later user plugins cannot override these settings in resolved Vite configurations.

Changes

Vite build options

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Enforce client build options code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.ts	The post-enforced plugin now sets outDir and emptyOutDir: false for the client environment.
Validate configuration precedence code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.test.ts	The regression test resolves configurations after a clobbering plugin and verifies both protected settings for top-level and client builds.

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code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.test.ts (1)

39-45: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Move the plugin mock behavior into beforeEach.

Declare clobberingPlugin at test scope. Assign its implementation in beforeEach before the test runs. This keeps mock behavior outside the test case and makes test setup consistent.

As per coding guidelines, “Implement mock behaviors in beforeEach blocks in Vitest tests” and “Avoid inline mock implementations within test cases in Vitest tests.”

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In `@code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.test.ts` around lines 39 - 45, Move the
test:clobber-build-options plugin declaration to test scope, then assign its
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In `@code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.test.ts`:
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[ghengeveld]

I’m not familiar enough with Vite’s environment API to fully validate the details, but overall this looks good. Two findings from an agent review seem worth checking:

1. configEnvironment is now limited to an environment named client. The previous plugin applied outDir to every environment as part of the Nitro fix. Nitro appears to identify client environments using config.consumer === 'client', so a client environment could potentially have another name. Was this narrowing intentional? If so, a short comment explaining why other environments should remain untouched would help.
2. The new test exercises the Adonis-style config hook, but not the Nitro-style configEnvironment hook. Could we add a clobbering configEnvironment that sets emptyOutDir: true and a different outDir for client? Optionally, a differently named client-consumer environment could lock down the intended scope as well.

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[Sidnioulz]

• configEnvironment is now limited to an environment named client. The previous plugin applied outDir to every environment as part of the Nitro fix. Nitro appears to identify client environments using config.consumer === 'client', so a client environment could potentially have another name. Was this narrowing intentional? If so, a short comment explaining why other environments should remain untouched would help.

It is voluntary, because we only build in client environments. Limiting our overrides of Vite config to the rules we actually need to enforce limits the risk of conflict. I've added a short comment to explain that, thanks for bringing it up!

• The new test exercises the Adonis-style config hook, but not the Nitro-style configEnvironment hook. Could we add a clobbering configEnvironment that sets emptyOutDir: true and a different outDir for client? Optionally, a differently named client-consumer environment could lock down the intended scope as well

Good idea! I've strengthened the test to check both properties.

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