Serving static files from node_modules and wwwroot FileNotFound Due to tagHelpers

[gregpawlowski]

.NET Core 5.0.4 LigerShark.WebOptimizer.Core 3.0.311

I have aproject where I serve static files from both wwwroot and node_modules folders.

For bundling I'm using ContentRoot();

            services.AddWebOptimizer(pipeline =>
            {
                pipeline.AddCssBundle("/css/vendor.bundle.css", 
                    "/node_modules/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css",
                    "/node_modules/busy-load/dist/app.css",
                    "/node_modules/datatables.net-bs4/css/dataTables.bootstrap4.css",
                    "/node_modules/bootstrap-datepicker/dist/css/bootstrap-datepicker.min.css")
                    .UseContentRoot();
                pipeline.AddJavaScriptBundle("/js/vendor1.bundle.js", 
                    "/node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.min.js", 
                    "/node_modules/bootstrap/dist/js/bootstrap.min.js",
                    "/node_modules/busy-load/dist/app.min.js",
                    "/node_modules/chart.js/dist/chart.min.js",
                    "/node_modules/moment/min/moment.min.js"
                    )
                    .UseContentRoot();                
                pipeline.AddJavaScriptBundle("/js/vendor2.bundle.js",
                    "/node_modules/chartjs-adapter-moment/dist/chartjs-adapter-moment.min.js",
                    "/node_modules/datatables.net/js/jquery.dataTables.js",
                    "/node_modules/datatables.net-bs4/js/dataTables.bootstrap4.js",
                    "/node_modules/bootstrap-datepicker/dist/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js",
                    "/node_modules/xlsx/dist/xlsx.full.min.js"
                    )
                    .UseContentRoot();
                pipeline.MinifyCssFiles();
                pipeline.MinifyJsFiles();
            });

This works as expected

But If I serve a file directly without bundling like so:

<script src="~/node_modules/jquery-ui-dist/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

I get an error:

FileNotFoundException: No files found matching "/node_modules/jquery-ui-dist/jquery-ui.min.js" exist in "C:\Users\...\...\...\...\ProjectName\wwwroot\"

Is this the work of the tag helpers? I tried removing MinifyJsFiles() from the pipeline but the error persists.

It appears the problem is caused by the WebOptimizer tag helpers, if I remove them the error goes away. Is there a way to configure them to contentRoot or to use absolute paths?

If i remove the tag helpers then I'll loos cache busting on the bundles.