Get rid of the "base" directory

Following a question I’ve asked (without success) on the mailing-list few months ago: Why a directory named “base” is prepended to all the loaded files?

With Karma all files are inside a directory named “base”. I don’t see the need for this added complexity.

In comparison, when using Jasmine directly (gulp-jasmine-browser or by writing my own SpecRunner.html), there is no “indirection”: all files are loaded from the root directory => much easier, the way it should be.

• I have to prepend “base” to my XHRs for them to work (or add “urlRoot: ‘base’” to karma.conf.js => does not work anymore). I’m not the only one in this case: https://github.com/pizzapanther/Karma-Read-JSON/blob/v1.1.0/karma-read-json.js#L27.
• This makes it difficult to run unit tests using both Karma and (original) Jasmine.
• Also source maps don’t work (I use TypeScript) when debugging my tests using Karma singleRun: true. In Chrome when I click on a .ts file, I get a 404 because Karma tries to fetch /base/Hello.spec.ts instead of /Hello.spec.ts.

[jeremyroberts0]

+1, this is a regular source of annoyance in XHR paths.

[victor-xiong]

+1, html page setup with karma ‘base’ will not be able to be open correctly by other web servers.