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Passing dir option to builder.build() throws "Unknown option" error

See original GitHub issue

Version: 22.8.0

Electron Version: 9.1.2
Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

Target: Windows

Passing the dir option to builder.build():

const builder = require('electron-builder')
const Platform = builder.Platform

builder.build({
  targets: Platform.WINDOWS.createTarget(),
  dir: true,
})

throws an error:

  • electron-builder  version=22.8.0 os=10.0.18362
(node:13872) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: Unknown option "dir"
    at checkBuildRequestOptions (C:\dev\carlo\pbi-tips\business-ops\node_modules\app-builder-lib\src\index.ts:44:13)
    at build (C:\dev\carlo\pbi-tips\business-ops\node_modules\app-builder-lib\src\index.ts:50:3)
    at Object.build (C:\dev\carlo\pbi-tips\business-ops\node_modules\electron-builder\src\builder.ts:218:10)
    at createExe (C:\dev\carlo\pbi-tips\business-ops\bld\build-exe.js:12:31)

even though according to the typescript types this should be valid:

export interface CliOptions extends PackagerOptions, PublishOptions {
    x64?: boolean;
    ia32?: boolean;
    armv7l?: boolean;
    arm64?: boolean;
    dir?: boolean;
}

export declare function build(rawOptions?: CliOptions): Promise<Array<string>>;

I couldn’t find documentation around thedir flag on JavaScript API (although it is present in the CLI documentation).

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Created 3 years ago
Reactions:1
Comments:10 (1 by maintainers)

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3reactions

zpostencommented, Aug 7, 2020

As a workaround, this seems to work:

builder.build({
  targets: Platform.WINDOWS.createTarget(builder.DIR_TARGET),
})

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stale[bot]commented, Aug 28, 2021

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

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