Base path not prepended for static assets in public directory

[J-Carder]

Describe the bug

I am trying to set a base path for my Vite app (I need this when deploying to GitLab Pages as it is of the form: https://<username>.gitlab.io/<projectname>. if I omit the base path it expects everything to be at https://<username>.gitlab.io, which doesn't work). When I set the base path everything works except static assets stored in /public. They omit the base path set. For example, what should be: /<basepath>/vite.svg is just /vite.svg when built and run in preview with npm run build && npm run preview.

My vite.config.ts looks like this:

import { build, defineConfig } from 'vite'
import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'

// https://vitejs.dev/config/
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  base: "/vite-ts-test/"
})

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-ewfdb6?file=vite.config.js

Steps to reproduce

Run npm run build && npm run preview .
Append the base path to the url in the preview window. Ex. https://vitejs-vite-<id>.local.webcontainer.io -> https://vitejs-vite-<id>.local.webcontainer.io/<baseURL>

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 10 10.0.19043
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7600U CPU @ 2.80GHz
    Memory: 1.87 GB / 7.84 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.18.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 8.19.2 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Spartan (44.19041.1266.0), Chromium (106.0.1370.52)
    Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.1566
  npmPackages:
    @vitejs/plugin-react: ^2.1.0 => 2.1.0
    vite: ^3.1.0 => 3.1.8

Used Package Manager

npm

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[J-Carder]

Duplicate of #7358.
Solution is to import manually like so:

import viteImg from "/vite.svg"

function App() {
  return (
      <img src={viteImg} className="App-Logo" alt="Logo">
  )
}

...instead of...

function App() {
  return (
      <img src="/vite.svg" className="App-Logo" alt="Logo">
  )
}