Coming from Webpack I was able to change code in the node_modules folder in order to add a console.log statement or something like this to find errors.
Sometimes I use external libraries incorrectly and it's easier to be able to alter lines/files in the node_modules folder to find out what my mistakes are.
With Vite, this is not possible. I can change whatever I want in the node_modules folder by my browser still uses the original libraries code.
Is there a way that allows me to change files so Vite will recognize the changes and use my new files?
Note: it's not about pull requests or permanent changes, it's only about an console.log(typeof X) and stuff like that for a single use.
Bascially the same question as this one Changing code in node_modules does not work in hot reload regardless of the bundler
According to archive.org:vitejs.dev/guide/dep-pre-bundling.html it's not called "caching" but rather "dep pre-bundling" - y'know, because we wouldn't want the average Joe's search terms to work now would we? 😉
rm -rf ./node_modules/.vite
rm -rf node_modules/.vite; npm run dev
I was pulling my hair out trying to debug a dependency that needed a PR and doing dumb stuff like republishing vite-shim-foobar because I couldn't find the cache, but... I found it. So now I can monkey patch to debug things too!