Error building app when including file asset from nestjs root folder in nest-cli.json

[jaunusa]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current behavior

The nestjs build fails when addeing a single file asset item to copy a config file from the nestjs root directory.

nest-cli throws: cant go up that far

tsconfig.json customization:

...
"outDir": "../../dist/server",
"rootDir": "./"

assets configuration in nest-cli.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/nest-cli",
  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
  "sourceRoot": "src",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "deleteOutDir": true,
    "assets": [
        {
            "include": "../.config.yaml",
            "watchAssets": true
        },
        {
            "include": "../assets",
            "watchAssets": true,
            "outDir": "../../dist/server/assets"
        }
    ]
  }
}

Minimum reproduction code

https://github.com/jaunusa/nestjs-file-asset-issue

Steps to reproduce

1. cd apps/server
2. npm install
3. nest build
4. see error: cant go up that far

Expected behavior

I would expect that building the app copies .config.yaml to build output directory like it does with the assets folder. When I remove the assets entry for .config.yaml the assets folder is copied whithout throwing any error.

Package version

10.4.2

NestJS version

10.3.10

Node.js version

18.18.0

In which operating systems have you tested?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Other

The reproduction projects structure with custom output paths, is a simplified example for using nestjs in a monorepo setup.

[kamilmysliwiec]

Would you like to create a PR that changes this line

nest-cli/lib/compiler/helpers/copy-path-resolve.ts

Lines 18 to 19 in 8416f33

	if (depth(inPath) < up) {
	throw new Error('cant go up that far');

to up - 1 (in the if condition)? We could also improve the error message to make it a bit more self descriptive

[jaunusa]

PR created: #2681

[kamilmysliwiec]

Let's track this here #2681