Config file couldn't resolve entry point folder with ** glob syntax

[vtereshyn]

Hey,

I have js config for esbuild which looks like:

const { resolve } = require('path');
const { build } = require('esbuild');

build({
  entryPoints: ['./src/**'],
  minify: true,
  outdir: resolve(process.cwd('dist'))
}).catch(err => {
  process.stderr.write(err.stderr);
  process.exit(1);
});

When I run it I am getting an error:

 > error: Could not resolve "./src/**"

However when I use inline script

"build": "esbuild ./src/** --outdir=dist --sourcemap --sources-content=false --loader:.tsx=tsx --loader:.ts=ts && tsc --emitDeclarationOnly --outDir dist",

everything works as expected and no errors there.

I use React with Typescript.

I don't need bundling or things like that, I only need dist folder with js files.

Thank you in advance

[susiwen8]

You should do this
entryPoints: [path.resolve(__dirname, './src/**')]

[vtereshyn]

@susiwen8 , I tried to make it this way, but I am getting error with specified path:

 > error: Could not resolve "/Users/../../../../packages/../../src/**"

[evanw]

This is a duplicate of #875. The ** syntax is something specific to your shell. It's not something that esbuild interprets. Different shells interpret ** differently so it's not even clear what this syntax means. If you want to use this syntax you can use a library such as https://www.npmjs.com/package/glob.

[zaydek]

There are some useful conventions around *, **/*, and */**.{js,jsx}, etc. but they are also just as easily confusing. The other confusing bit is whether * should interpret hidden files or not. We’re probably better off not expecting this from esbuild because the syntax can be too subtle / powerful. That being said, it wouldn’t be hard to use readdir and filter as a one-liner replacement without relying on externals:

const every = fs.readdirSync("src").filter(src => src.endsWith(".js"))
// ...

Or something like that.

[evanw]

Closing this because this is out of scope. The next release will mention globs in the error message:

$ ./esbuild './src/**'
 > error: Could not resolve "./src/**" (glob syntax must be expanded first before passing the paths to esbuild)

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