Angular-cli: How to config angular-cli.json for ignore .svn folder in assets while ng build

[suplch]

Feature Request (mark with an x)

• [ ] feature request
  I want to ignore some file when ng build,

  "apps": [
    {
      "root": "src",
      "outDir": "../mem-webman/src/main/webapp/dist",
      "assets": [
        "assets"     // I want to ignore .svn in this folder
      ],
      "index": "index.html",
      "main": "main.ts",

Versions.

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.26
node: 7.0.0
os: darwin x64

[petomalina]

It looks like the dot files aren't ignored because of this configuration https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/blob/d94040b2de8165d97a218953ff0b2f98d4025cee/packages/%40angular/cli/models/webpack-configs/common.ts#L58 .

However, assets config accepts glob configs as stated here https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/stories-asset-configuration so you could try to write specific globs.

It would be great if we could simply add more items into the ignore array in the config.

[Meligy]

Have you tried something like:

"assets": [
  { "glob": "**/*(!.svn)", "input": "./assets/", "output": "./assets/" }
]

It's a bit of a random shot based on https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob

[suplch]

Thinks very much, but such configuration don't work, it throw exception when ng build.

ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/src/[object Object]'
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/src/[object Object]'
    at Object.fs.statSync (fs.js:898:18)
    at /Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/angular-cli/plugins/glob-copy-webpack-plugin.js:16:64
    at Array.map (native)
    at GlobCopyWebpackPlugin.apply (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/angular-cli/plugins/glob-copy-webpack-plugin.js:16:29)
    at Compiler.apply (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/tapable/lib/Tapable.js:306:16)
    at webpack (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/webpack/lib/webpack.js:32:19)
    at Class.run (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/angular-cli/tasks/build-webpack.js:19:31)
    at Class.buildRun (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/angular-cli/commands/build.run.js:39:22)
    at Class.run (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/angular-cli/commands/build.js:38:47)
    at Class.<anonymous> (/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/node_modules/angular-cli/ember-cli/lib/models/command.js:147:17)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:103:7)

throw error at line 16: 64 in node_modules/angular-cli/plugins/glob-copy-webpack-plugin.js

        ...
        // convert dir patterns to globs
        patterns = patterns.map(function (pattern) { return fs.statSync(path.resolve(context, pattern)).isDirectory()
            ? pattern += '/**/*'
            : pattern; });
        // force nodir option, since we can't add dirs to assets
        globOptions.nodir = true;
        compiler.plugin('emit', function (compilation, cb) {
            ...
            ...

The argument pattern of callback function is not path string when using { "glob": "*/(!.svn)", "input": "./assets/", "output": "./assets/" }, so this line throw an exception 'ENOENT: no such file or directory, stat '/Users/chunhua/HBuilder/userprofiles/common-ng2/front-client/src/[object Object]'

angular-cli version is 1.0.0-beta.26

[filipesilva]

The solution provided by @Meligy should work, but only on recent CLI versions. You're using an old one that I do not think supports advanced assets configuration.

See https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/wiki/stories-rc-update on how to upgrade your project.

If after upgrading you still have the issue then we might need a new configuration item to add ignore patters to the glob.

[filipesilva]

Closing as inactive.

[jlherren]

Negative globs as suggested by @Meligy have been removed in node-glob v6 (deprecated in v5). One should use the "ignore" option to the glob() call instead. Unfortunately I don't see how to do this from .angular-cli.json.

[mikekov]

Negative glob still works for me:

      "assets": [
        "favicon.ico",
        { "glob": "**/!(test-*)", "input": "./assets/", "output": "./assets/" }
      ], 

Here I'm excluding all "test-*" files from "assets" folder. Note: glob replaces original "assets" entry.

[dertuerke]

How i can copy only the files from a folder without the folders inside it?

i use ng-cli 6.1.4

I want copy only the JS files inside the Folder2, but without the "Folder2"

--> Folder2
------> *.js

i try this
{"glob": "**/*.js", "input": "workbox/", "output": "/workbox/"}
and this
{"glob": "**/**/*.js", "input": "workbox/", "output": "/workbox/"}

both not working

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