Can't build when files are missing (ignoreDeadLinks is not working)

[personalsoft-fabianobonin]

Describe the bug

Hi,

I'm currently working on a project where I'd like to proceed with building despite any dead links or missing resources. While I understand that it's best practice to have a documentation without these issues, I believe it's more important to generate a build even with potential inconsistencies.

I enabled the option ignoreDeadLinks: true but I am not able to build.

It complains about a productUnit.png file which is missing indeed, but I would like to build anyway.

How can I achieve this?

As a side note, I typically keep my assets such as images, spreadsheets, and PDFs in the same folder as my markdown files.

Regards,

Fabiano

⠼ building client + server bundles...Could not resolve "./productUnit.png" from "src/app/catalog/product/productUnit.md"
file: /opt/zen.erp.docs.engine/src/app/catalog/product/productUnit.md
✖ building client + server bundles...
build error:
RollupError: Could not resolve "./productUnit.png" from "src/app/catalog/product/productUnit.md"
    at error (file:///opt/zen.erp.docs.engine/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:2287:30)
    at ModuleLoader.handleInvalidResolvedId (file:///opt/zen.erp.docs.engine/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:24860:24)
    at file:///opt/zen.erp.docs.engine/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/node-entry.js:24822:26

Reproduction

Could not reproduce in stackblitz:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vite-vzvbjb?file=docs%2F.vitepress%2Fconfig.ts

Expected behavior

To build the docs

System Info

vitepress 1.0.0-rc.20

Additional context

No response

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[brc-dd]

This isn't supported currently. ignoreDeadLinks is only for pages not assets.

[personalsoft-fabianobonin]

Do you have any insights into how StackBlitz is able to successfully build even when an asset is missing? If they've achieved this, there's likely a method I can implement as well.

The current behavior poses a significant obstacle for various scenarios. I manage a team responsible for generating documentation, and we have an automated build process triggered by a GitHub webhook. If any of my team members accidentally push a page with an invalid asset, it halts the entire documentation build process until someone manually inspects the logs.

Regards,

Fabiano

[brc-dd]

Do you have any insights into how StackBlitz is able to successfully build even when an asset is missing?

It doesn't. You probably are running the dev command.