provide option to copy along static files

[tobiasdiez]

Sometimes you want to copy static files (in my case a ts file that servers as the source for addTemplate). This currently doesn't seem to be possible.

[pi0]

Does it works if you put it inside src/runtime/static?

[harlan-zw]

Doing this worked for me

nuxt.hooks.hook('nitro:config', (nitroConfig) => {
  nitroConfig.publicAssets = nitroConfig.publicAssets || []
  nitroConfig.publicAssets.push({ dir: resolve('./runtime/public'), maxAge: 31536000 })
})

[pi0]

@harlan-zw Nice. That would be a nice kit utility candidate.

[IlyaSemenov]

@pi0:

Does it works if you put it inside src/runtime/static?

Not really. template.ts is copied but it's transformed into the pair of .mjs and .d.ts which is not desireable (in particular, that means addTemplate calls should be different between dev and production).

One could work around that by using non-ts extension (such as .ts.template) but then:

• The file is not recognized by IDE (unless manually fiddled).
• addTemplate needs explicit dst, otherwise it keeps the .template extension. But explicit dst means the filename.[hash].ts mechanism is not used.

All and all, that's not really an option. We need a way to copy over certain files verbatim.

Suggestions:

• Treat .template.ts as an exception for transformation.
• Copy the entire src/assets into dist/assets (then it's up to the developer how to use it).

[pi0]

I think you still can use a top level directory and include it in package.json files without transforms (dist and src having same relative path) but sure supporting an assets type could be nice option.

Upstream: https://github.com/unjs/unbuild/issues/266