Copy-webpack-plugin: Won't find files when there are round brackets () in the path

[igoralemasow]

Plugin can't find files when there are round brackets in the path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins\workspace\ProjectName\STG\src\web

More details:
Plugin version: 4.5.1
Config:

new CopyWebpackPlugin([
        {
            from: '../config_app/web.config',
        },
    ],
    {debug: 'debug'}
)

If project is located in c:\temp\test (x86)\ folder, nothing is copied.
Logs:

95% emitti 95% emitting CopyPlugin[copy-webpack-plugin] starting emit
[copy-webpack-plugin] processing from: '../config_app/web.config' to: ''
[copy-webpack-plugin] determined '' is a 'dir'
[copy-webpack-plugin] determined '../config_app/web.config' to be read from 'c:\
temp\test (x86)\config_app\web.config'
[copy-webpack-plugin] begin globbing 'c:/temp\test (x86)\config_app\web.config
' with a context of 'c:\temp\test (x86)\config_app'
[copy-webpack-plugin] finishing emit
112ms emitting
98% after 98% after emitting CopyPlugin[copy-webpack-plugin] starting after-em
it
[copy-webpack-plugin] adding c:\temp\test (x86)\config_app\web.config to change
tracking
[copy-webpack-plugin] finishing after-emit

If I rename folder to c:\temp\test\ everything is ok.
Logs:

95% emitti 95% emitting CopyPlugin[copy-webpack-plugin] starting emit
[copy-webpack-plugin] processing from: '../config_app/web.config' to: ''
[copy-webpack-plugin] determined '' is a 'dir'
[copy-webpack-plugin] determined '../config_app/web.config' to be read from 'c:\
temp\test\config_app\web.config'
[copy-webpack-plugin] begin globbing 'c:/temp\test\config_app\web.config' with a
context of 'c:\temp\test\config_app'
[copy-webpack-plugin] found c:/temp/test/config_app/web.config
[copy-webpack-plugin] determined that 'c:/temp/test/config_app/web.config' shoul
d write to 'web.config'
[copy-webpack-plugin] reading c:\temp\test\config_app\web.config to write to ass
ets
[copy-webpack-plugin] added c1d3d3f388cb75b70467b9c4ac56a90b to written tracking
for 'c:\temp\test\config_app\web.config'
[copy-webpack-plugin] writing 'web.config' to compilation assets from 'c:\temp\t
est\config_app\web.config'
[copy-webpack-plugin] finishing emit
110ms emitting
98% after 98% after emitting CopyPlugin[copy-webpack-plugin] starting after-em
it
[copy-webpack-plugin] adding c:\temp\test\config_app\web.config to change tracki
ng
[copy-webpack-plugin] finishing after-emit

Is this a bug or I'm doing something wrong?

[alexander-akait]

@igoralemasow can you create minimum reproducible test repo?

[igoralemasow]

@evilebottnawi here it is https://github.com/igoralemasow/Reproduce-round-bracket-bug-in-copy-webpack-plugin

[alexander-akait]

/cc @loveky regression? or bug?

[loveky]

Got it. I'll check this issue this weekend.

[loveky]

@evilebottnawi maybe it's time for a new release? :smiley: The latest version 4.5.1 was released on Mar 9 so it doesn't contain my fix.

[alexander-akait]

@loveky i.e. you fix also fix this problem?

[loveky]

@evilebottnawi yes.

you can verify that by the following steps:

1. clone the reproduct repo and npm install

2. uninstall copy-webpack-plugin 4.5.1 by npm uninstall --save-dev copy-webpack-plugin

3. install the latest version from github repo by:

npm install --save-dev git+https://[email protected]/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin.git

@igoralemasow you can also verify this in your production repo.

[igoralemasow]

@loveky it workes, thank you! Will wait for a new release on npm.

[alexander-akait]

Fixed in https://github.com/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin/releases/tag/v4.5.2, feel free to feedback

[igoralemasow]

This issue can be still reproduced if the root folder consists round brackets in its name.
For example:
d:\Github\Reproduce-round-bracket-bug-in-copy-webpack-plugin\with (round brackets) - OK
d:\with (round brackets) - NOT OK

[alexander-akait]

/cc @loveky

[loveky]

Hi guys, sorry for the late reply.

I checked this issue today and seems it is a bug in node-glob.

See same issue here: https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/issues/290

I have created a PR for it https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/pull/373

[alexemmons]

Looks like the PR has conflicts. Any idea if/when these will be resolved?

[alexander-akait]

Problem in node-glob https://github.com/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin/issues/266#issuecomment-403492087

[YounHoyoul]

I met the same issue and checked it today.

I found the reason why this plug can not copy the files that has "(x86)" in the directory.

In the source "utils/normalize.js",
const absoluteContext = path .resolve(context) **.replace(/[\*|\?|\!|\(|\)|\[|\]|\{|\}]/g, (substring) =>[${substring}]);**

With this part, the file path changes like below example.
C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Jenkins\\ --> C:\\Program Files [(]x86[)]\\Jenkins\\

It causes the empty file list in the code "processPattern.js".
return globby(pattern.glob, globOptions).then((paths) => Promise.all( paths.map((from) => limit(() => {

[alexander-akait]

@YounHoyoul can you create minimum reproducible test repo?

[YounHoyoul]

@evilebottnawi Okay. Let me have a look.

[YounHoyoul]

@evilebottnawi I made a simple repo.

https://github.com/YounHoyoul/testwebpackcopyplugin.git

You need to run this in the folder "Test (x86)". I tested in my Mac and Window server. It works in my Mac, but it doesn't work in the Windows server.

Below is the log in windows server.
`
C:\Test (x86)\testwebpackcopyplugin>npm run build

[email protected] build C:\Test (x86)\testwebpackcopyplugin
webpack --config webpack.config.js

Hash: 5b90c629ada6fed12c59
Version: webpack 4.39.3
Time: 113ms
Built at: 09/03/2019 11:52:49 AM
Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names
main.js 3.77 KiB main [emitted] main
Entrypoint main = main.js
[./src/index.js] 0 bytes {main} [built]
`

Below is the log in my Mac,
`
➜ test-copy-webpack-plugin git:(master) npm run build

[email protected] build /Users/luisyoun/Projects/test/Test (x86)/test-copy-webpack-plugin
webpack --config webpack.config.js

Hash: 5b90c629ada6fed12c59
Version: webpack 4.39.3
Time: 75ms
Built at: 09/03/2019 11:57:28 AM
Asset Size Chunks Chunk Names
../target/test.txt 21 bytes [emitted]
main.js 3.77 KiB main [emitted] main
Entrypoint main = main.js
[./src/index.js] 0 bytes {main} [built]
`

As you can see, the log in the windows server doesn't have "../target/test.txt 21 bytes [emitted]" in my Mac.

[alexander-akait]

@YounHoyoul thanks for repo!

[cakidnyc]

Any update on a fix for this? We have the same problem on our build server that is installed at C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins.

[alexander-akait]

@cakidnyc maybe you can create reproducible test repo too?

[tschach]

I also just came across the very same error that @YounHoyoul describes here: https://github.com/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin/issues/266#issuecomment-527015083.

If someone could explain what the purpose of the replace in utils/normalize.js https://github.com/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin/blob/cc550421455edc722b6a6be2719f97eaa1c426f7/src/utils/normalize.js#L16 is, I would be happy to try and find a fix.

Tobias

[alexander-akait]

Yes, normalize is strange for me too, feel free to investigate it and send a PR

[tschach]

Will do. But since this code was originally meant to actually fix the exact same issue I am a bit confused. Need to trace back whether the original fix would have worked in this scenario.

[alexander-akait]

Fixed in master, release will be soon, if you encounter a problem after updating to 6.0.0 feel free to open a new issue with reproducible test repo, thanks for the issue