From f03f2de4e086c67d2621b5a197425446baa512a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bluwy <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:39:10 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor: show direct path type in bad character warning

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
---
 packages/vite/src/node/config.ts | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index cbbeefab65a698..5113a0f8a1020a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ export type ResolveFn = (
  */
 function checkBadCharactersInPath(
   name: string,
+  type: 'directory' | 'file',
   path: string,
   logger: Logger,
 ): void {
@@ -1039,7 +1040,7 @@ function checkBadCharactersInPath(
       colors.yellow(
         `${name} contains the ${charString} ${inflectedChars} (${colors.cyan(
           path,
-        )}), which may not work when running Vite. Consider renaming the directory / file to remove the characters.`,
+        )}), which may not work when running Vite. Consider renaming the ${type} without the characters.`,
       ),
     )
   }
@@ -1487,7 +1488,12 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     config.root ? path.resolve(config.root) : process.cwd(),
   )
 
-  checkBadCharactersInPath('The project root', resolvedRoot, logger)
+  checkBadCharactersInPath(
+    'The project root',
+    'directory',
+    resolvedRoot,
+    logger,
+  )
 
   const configEnvironmentsClient = config.environments!.client!
   configEnvironmentsClient.dev ??= {}
@@ -2283,7 +2289,7 @@ export async function loadConfigFromFile(
     }
   } catch (e) {
     const logger = createLogger(logLevel, { customLogger })
-    checkBadCharactersInPath('The config path', resolvedPath, logger)
+    checkBadCharactersInPath('The config path', 'file', resolvedPath, logger)
     logger.error(colors.red(`failed to load config from ${resolvedPath}`), {
       error: e,
     })

From a69f3a9e9ede82bfb8b94267f197572d7b1f4a41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bluwy <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:46:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: fix test

Co-authored-by: Copilot <copilot@github.com>
---
 packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/config.spec.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/config.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/config.spec.ts
index 85737eafe3f8fb..98e61f0c4142a9 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/config.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/config.spec.ts
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ describe('resolveConfig', () => {
     const logger = createLogger('info')
     logger.warn = (str) => {
       expect(str).to.include(
-        'Consider renaming the directory / file to remove the characters',
+        'Consider renaming the directory without the characters',
       )
     }