After running app, build command never completes on Windows (and left behind a ~3GB zip file)

[jaredkrinke]

Note: This is my very first experience with Neutralino and I'm just following the the docs. I didn't see an existing bug for this.

Expected Behavior
Build command creates a zip file with the sample app, ready for distribution.

Actual Behavior
The command never completed. I ended up killing it after a few minutes and it left a ~3GB zip file in the dist folder.

Output:

Bundling app...
Generating resources.neu...
Copying binaries...
Making app bundle ZIP file...

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. npm install @neutralinojs/neu
2. npx @neutralinojs/neu create .
3. npx @neutralinojs/neu run
4. Close the running app
5. npx @neutralinojs/neu build --release

NOTE: if I skip the "run and close" steps, then the app builds fine.

Specifications

• NeutralinoJs Version: Neutralinojs binaries: v4.0.0, Neutralinojs client: v3.0.0
• NeutralinoJs CLI version: v8.1.0
• Platform: Windows 20H2 x64

[pathange-s]

@jaredkrinke Got a windows, and tried to follow the steps to reproduce the issue. But, It worked fine. The release build file is produced without any issue. Also, the file sizes produced were considerable and normal. Can someone confirm if they are able to reproduce the issue ? If its working fine, lets close it.

CC : @shalithasuranga @DEVLOPRR

[pegvin]

This problem doesn't occur, possible reasons are the folder you've specified in resourcePath contains node_modules folder or some unnecessary files. It would be great if you shared your directory structure.

[jaredkrinke]

Feel free to close if no one else has this problem. Someone else can reopen the bug in the future if they hit it.

For reference:

• The directory structure is just whatever the scaffolding command creates
• Everything was in a subdirectory of my user folder (C:\Users\jared\code\test).

[pegvin]

Did you try it now? Since new patches are out, it might be fixed.

[jaredkrinke]

I wouldn't waste time digging into this unless someone else reports the same problem. I don't think my machine has anything unusual going on, but if I'm the only one hitting this, it doesn't seem that important.

But for reference, yes, this still happens to me on:

--- Global ---
neu CLI: v9.2.0

--- Project: . (js.neutralino.sample) ---
Neutralinojs binaries: v4.4.0
Neutralinojs client: v3.3.0
Project version: v1.0.0

[pegvin]

Issue Verified

This issue has been verified and is a valid issue, tested this on Linux and this occurs there too.

Reason

The Reason is the way neutralino cli handles path, when you create a new app with ., this causes some weird bugs.

Note that the command neu create appName takes the application name instead of the path.

End

We are looking forward for a clear reason why this occurs in the code itself, and a patch will be released soon!

Thanks

Edit: A Patch Has Been Issued, and will be applied soon.

[viralgupta]

@shalithasuranga, we can close this issue as i couldn't reproduce it, likely because a patch has already been issued.

[shalithasuranga]

@viralgupta Sure, we can re-open this issue again if another Neutralinojs developer can reproduce this problem. Thanks so much everyone for working on this :tada: