Vue-cli: Unable to start dev server after deleting some unused components

[pSnehanshu]

Version

3.7.0

Reproduction link

https://github.com/pSnehanshu/vuetify-frontend

Environment info

Environment Info:

  System:
    OS: Linux 4.15 Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4005U CPU @ 1.70GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 11.10.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.10.0/bin/node
    Yarn: Not Found
    npm: 6.7.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v11.10.0/bin/npm
  Browsers:
    Chrome: 73.0.3683.75
    Firefox: 66.0.5
  npmGlobalPackages:
    @vue/cli: 3.7.0

Steps to reproduce

Get inside the project directory, and then

1. $ npm install
2. $ npm run serve

What is expected?

The dev server should have started

What is actually happening?

ERROR Failed to compile with 2 errors 9:56:40 PM

This dependency was not found:

• @/components/HelloWorld.vue in ./node_modules/cache-loader/dist/cjs.js??ref--12-0!./node_modules/babel-loader/lib!./node_modules/vuetify-loader/lib/loader.js!./node_modules/cache
  -loader/dist/cjs.js??ref--0-0!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib??vue-loader-options!./src/views/Home.vue?vue&type=script&lang=js&

To install it, you can run: npm install --save @/components/HelloWorld.vue

This relative module was not found:

• ../assets/logo.png in ./node_modules/cache-loader/dist/cjs.js?{"cacheDirectory":"node_modules/.cache/vue-loader","cacheIdentifier":"6f0cf991-vue-loader-template"}!./node_modules/
  vue-loader/lib/loaders/templateLoader.js??vue-loader-options!./node_modules/vuetify-loader/lib/loader.js!./node_modules/cache-loader/dist/cjs.js??ref--0-0!./node_modules/vue-loader
  /lib??vue-loader-options!./src/views/Home.vue?vue&type=template&id=fae5bece&

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I have deleted all existing files in Assets folder and Components folder. I don't know who is trying to import those files.

[LinusBorg]

likely a caching issue. Delete node_modules/.cache and run again.

[sodatea]

It is not "unused": https://github.com/pSnehanshu/vuetify-frontend/blob/7c998c275ec8e17ec95fc8b204b38c0495d5239c/src/views/Home.vue#L10

[pSnehanshu]

@sodatea Thanks, it helped. This file was automatically created when I installed vue-router.