Vue-cli: Setting indexPath to ../index.html should include outputDir in paths for index.html

[scherii]

Version

3.0.1

Reproduction link

https://github.com/scherii/vue-cli-indexpath-outputdir

Node and OS info

Node 10.8.0 / npm 6.4.0, macOS 10.13.6

Steps to reproduce

Set indexPath in vue.config.js to a relative path above outputDir → ../index.html

What is expected?

The generated index.html should contain paths starting with the outputDir /dist/, for example:
<script src=/dist/js/app.9bbe8c9b.js></script>

What is actually happening?

The paths start without the outputDir:
<script src=/js/app.9bbe8c9b.js></script>

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I would like to have all built Vue files in one directory (./dist/) and a index.html at the root level, e.g. one directory above the outputDir (./index.html) to create symlinks for /dist and index.html in a Gitlab CI/CD workflow.

[yyx990803]

You are misunderstanding the point of this option. The asset paths are determined solely by baseUrl, regardless where your index.html is generated in. The indexPath option only serves as a convenience option when you want to generate the index.html in a server-side framework's view directory so that it can be used as a server-side template.

For you specific need, use assetsDir instead.