Adding extra resources includes the entire local repository

[msimoni18]

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Electron Forge version

6.4.1

Electron version

26.1.0

Operating system

macOS 12.6.5

Last known working Electron Forge version

No response

Expected behavior

When including the following code in forge.config.ts, I expected to only see a folder called resources in process.resourcesPath.

packagerConfig: {
    extraResource: ['./resources'],
  },

Actual behavior

Instead, there is also a folder called app that contains the entire local repository, making the final package almost 1GB. Without extraResource, the app folder does not show up in process.resourcesPath.

Steps to reproduce

Add a folder in a top level directory, add that folder as an extraResource, then run electron-forge make.

Additional information

No response

[elranu]

no news here? @msimoni18 did you find a workaround?

[msimoni18]

@elranu No, I haven't found any workaround. I think this may be the intended behavior.

[nicokimmel]

Even without extraResources it copies the whole project folder into resources/app.

[erickzhao]

@msimoni18 can you clarify if you're using a specific set of plugins/templates, or if this behaviour is reproducible with the base Forge config?

[msimoni18]

@erickzhao I created a project using this template. Then I added a folder with some random files in a folder and added it as an extra resource in forge.config.ts. If you need me to, I can create a sample repo demonstrating this issue.

[caoxiemeihao]

Can you upgrade @forge/plugin-vite to 7.3.0+ ?

[BotellaA]

We have the same issue with the entire app folder copied including node_modules... Any progress or workaround?

[erickzhao]

Might fold this into #3738