when I build my nestjs application, I need certain json files to be copied to the dist. especially I have an "engines" folder, and I need the json files to be on dist/and prod, as they are in src/engines.
However, nest start removes the dist folder and recreates with only d.ts, js and js.map, and my json files are removed.
I tried to do the following in my package.json scripts:
"copy:json": "copyfiles -u 2 src/engines/**/*.json dist/engines",
"start": "nest start && yarn copy:json",
"start:dev": "nest start --watch && yarn copy:json",
"start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch && yarn copy:json",
"start:prod": "node dist/main && yarn copy:json",
I don't know why, but when I do start:dev, I still have any json file in my dist directory.
The yarn copy:json alone works well (copies the right files in the right location)
You could add the *.json files to the assets, which get copied on build.
eg. in your nest-cli.json:
"compilerOptions": {
"deleteOutDir": true,
"assets": ["engines/**/*.json"],
"watchAssets": true
}