A publicPath pointing outside the root folder -> incorrect paths for the js file

• Laravel Mix Version: 1.0.5
• Node Version (node -v): 8.1.2
• NPM Version (npm -v): 5.0.3
• OS: MacOS X 10.12.5

Description:

A publicPath pointing outside the root folder where npm is run does result in incorrect paths for the js file (css/copyDirectory does still work). The elixir framework phoenix does have a nested assets folder for it’s npm stuff, whereas the public path is in a different branch from the project root:

root
|-assets
| |- static
| | |- logo, …
| |- package.json
| |- webpack.mix.js
|-priv
  |- static
    |- js
    |- css

Steps To Reproduce:

mix.setPublicPath('../priv/static')
   .js('js/app.js', 'js/app.js')
   .sass('css/app.scss', 'css/app.css')
   .copyDirectory('./static', '../priv/static');

This results in the following output of webpack:

/Users/benni/Sites/madeit/priv/static/js/app.js  182 kB       0  [emitted]  …
                                    css/app.css  152 kB       0  [emitted]  …

Meaning the js file is being put in ../priv/static/Users/benni/[…]

Temp. fix

ln -s ../priv/static output and

mix.setPublicPath('output')
   .js('js/app.js', 'js/app.js')
   .sass('css/app.scss', 'css/app.css')
   .copyDirectory('./static', 'output');

Using that results in:

 /js/app.js  182 kB       0  [emitted]  /js/app
css/app.css  152 kB       0  [emitted]  /js/app

and therefore correct paths (still curious about the leading /).

[TopFuel]

The PR #964 fixed the issue, it should be released soon 👍

[wanted80-zz]

@TopFuel tried your fix and now it works fine. With that i can revert my code to the previous version and works. Thank you.