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Incorrect error message when --out is set to the folder containing the entry point

Open Renpona opened this issue 1 year ago • 1 comments

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Issue Details

  • Electron Packager Version:
    • 18.1.3
  • Electron Version:
    • 29.1.0
  • Operating System:
    • Windows 10
  • Last Known Working Electron Packager version::
    • N/A

Expected Behavior

If the --out flag is used to set the target directory to the same directory that contains the entry point, then running electron-packager should present an error message explaining that this is not supported.

Actual Behavior

If the --out flag is used to set the target directory to the same directory that contains the entry point, then running electron-packager will result in a "The main entry point to your app was not found" error message, which does not correctly identify the problem.

To Reproduce

Create a directory structure like this:

root/
    package.json
    /dist
        code.js

In package.json, set the entry point with "main" to "dist/code.js", "./dist/code.js", or "dist\code.js".

Now run electron-packager with the command-line

electron-packager . test --platform win32 --out ./dist

The error it will return is:

The main entry point to your app was not found. Make sure "dist\code.js" exists and does not get ignored by your ignore option

This is a misleading error message for the user, however, as changing the --out target to a different directory resolves the problem.

Renpona avatar Mar 02 '24 19:03 Renpona

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