Problem exporting to a subfolder of the static folder

[nckh]

Hi! For some unknown reason I cannot make the compiler work when the dest folder is a subfolder of my static folder.

    app.use compiler
        enabled: ['coffee']
        src: "#{__dirname}/assets/coffee"
        dest: "#{__dirname}/public/js"

    app.use express.static "#{root}/public"

Is it a bug or am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your help!

[dsc]

Where do the files end up?

[dsc]

Also, I recommend setting log_level to 'debug' to get way more info about the compilation process.

[nckh]

Thanks for your reply. It seems no file is compiled in that case.

So here is my code:

    connect = require 'connect'
    compiler = require 'connect-compiler'
    server = connect()
    server.use connect.logger 'tiny'
    server.use compiler
        enabled: 'coffee'
        src: 'src/coffee'
        dest: 'public/js'
        log_level: 'debug'
    server.use connect.static "#{__dirname}/public"
    server.listen 3001

What I get when launching the server:

    compiler.setup()
    { enabled: [ 'coffee' ],
      roots: [ [ 'src/coffee', 'public/js' ] ],
      mount: '',
      delta: null,
      expires: false,
      log_level: 10,
      create_dirs: true,
      external_timeout: 3000,
      cascade: false,
      ignore: /\.(jpe?g|gif|png)$/i,
      resolve_index: false,
      allowed_methods: [ 'GET' ],
      options: { all: {} } }

And what I get when index.html tries to load js/lib.js:

>>>>    [compiler] (0) Checking 'coffee'...
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       run()
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       roots: [ [ 'src/coffee', 'public/js' ] ]
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       matches(src/coffee, /js/lib.js)
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       pairs: [ [ 'src/coffee/js/lib.coffee', 'public/js' ] ]
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       validate( [src/coffee/js/lib.coffee,public/js], function )
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       validate( [], function )
DEBUG   coffee      /js/lib.js                       No matching sources.
>>>>    [compiler] Completed 'coffee'! (ok=false, err=null) --> success=false
>>>>    [compiler] Done! (success=false)
GET /js/lib.js 404 - - 7 ms

But no issue with `dest: 'public'`. I get the following instead:

>>>>    [compiler] (0) Checking 'coffee'...
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          run()
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          roots: [ [ 'src/coffee', 'public' ] ]
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          matches(src/coffee, /lib.js)
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          pairs: [ [ 'src/coffee/lib.coffee', 'public' ] ]
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          validate( [src/coffee/lib.coffee,public], function )
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          validated src! srcStat:  src: src/coffee/lib.coffee destDir: public
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          destValid( public/lib.js, function )
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          stale( object, object, function )
INFO    coffee      /lib.js                          writing { rc/coffee/lib.coffee --> ublic/lib.js }
DEBUG   coffee      /lib.js                          Success!
>>>>    [compiler] Completed 'coffee'! (ok=true, err=null) --> success=true
>>>>    [compiler] Done! (success=true)
GET /lib.js 200 53 - 15 ms

[dsc]

Where's the actual file? I suspect it's src/coffee/lib.js. Remember, the compiler maps requests directly from $SRC/$path (with the proper extension) to $DEST/$path -- so /js/lib.js will be $path, and search src/coffee/js/lib.coffee, writing to dest/js/js/lib.js if found.

It looks like you want to drop the js part when doing the lookup, which is what the mount option is for:

    connect = require 'connect'
    compiler = require 'connect-compiler'
    server = connect()
    server.use connect.logger 'tiny'
    server.use compiler
        enabled: 'coffee'
        src: 'src/coffee'
        dest: 'public/js'
        mount: 'js'
        log_level: 'debug'
    server.use connect.static "#{__dirname}/public"
    server.listen 3001

I think that'll do what you want.

[nckh]

Oh I see. Sorry it looks I didn't get the way it works internally. Thank you very much :)

[dsc]

Glad I could help!