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ng build --watch broken #2511
Description
OS?
Mac OSX (El Capitan)
Versions.
angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.16
node: 6.7.0 (I also tried it on 5.12.0 and 4.6.0)
os: darwin x64
Repro steps.
npm install -g angular-cli@latestng new build-watchcd build-watchng build -w
The log given by the failure.
Path must be a string. Received null
TypeError: Path must be a string. Received null
at assertPath (path.js:7:11)
at Object.resolve (path.js:1148:7)
at Class.run (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/angular-cli/tasks/build-webpack-watch.js:14:26)
at Class.run (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/angular-cli/commands/build.js:50:26)
at Class.<anonymous> (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/angular-cli/lib/models/command.js:152:17)
at tryCatch (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/rsvp/dist/lib/rsvp/-internal.js:215:12)
at invokeCallback (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/rsvp/dist/lib/rsvp/-internal.js:230:13)
at publish (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/rsvp/dist/lib/rsvp/-internal.js:198:7)
at flush (/Users/jonathansamples/projects/build-watch/node_modules/rsvp/dist/lib/rsvp/asap.js:85:5)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:67:7)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)
Activity
denkomanceski commentedon Oct 4, 2016
same happens on Windows. There is one main reason why we would use ng build -watch over ng serve.. we need the generated map files on the disk instead of in-memory on the webpack dev server so we will be able to debug from webstorm..
coryrylan commentedon Oct 5, 2016
@denkomanceski @jonnysamps to get around this run the following:
ng build --watch -o dist/Adding the out param seems to fix it. We use it as well because we proxy the site and need physical files on disk.jonnysamps commentedon Oct 5, 2016
Good tip @splintercode. Works like a charm.
AnthoniG commentedon Oct 5, 2016
Unfortunately it does not seem to work for me.
I have a directory called test. Inside this directory are two other directories. One for my electron program and the other an angular app built using ng new.
Now I've set my angular-cli.json to output to
"outDir": "../electron/src/gui"When I do a normal ng build, it creates the files as it should. However if I use ng build --watch with that directory and change anything, it does not update anything.
Btw: I am using windows7 64bit
fix(build): use outputPath from config
fix(build): use outputPath from config
fix(build): use outputPath from config
fix(build): use outputPath from config
fix(build): use outputPath from config
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fix(build): use outputPath from config