Unable to copy dotfiles with `.copy`

• Laravel Mix Version: 6.0.16
• Node Version: v14.16.0
• NPM Version: 6.14.11
• OS: macOS 11.1 Big Sur

Description:

If I try to copy a dotfile:

mix.copy('src/.htaccess', 'build/.htaccess')

I get this error:

(node:54876) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: ENOTDIR: not a directory, scandir '/Users/username/path/to/project/src/.htaccess'
    at Object.readdirSync (fs.js:1021:3)
    at FileCollection.copyTo (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/FileCollection.js:85:30)
    at /Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/FileCollection.js:77:38
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at FileCollection.copyTo (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/FileCollection.js:77:17)
    at CopyFilesTask.run (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/tasks/CopyFilesTask.js:16:20)
    at CustomTasksPlugin.runTask (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/webpackPlugins/CustomTasksPlugin.js:46:36)
    at CustomTasksPlugin.runTasks (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/webpackPlugins/CustomTasksPlugin.js:87:21)
    at /Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/webpackPlugins/CustomTasksPlugin.js:87:58
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:54876) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 3)

I also tried:

mix.copy('src/.htaccess', 'build')

Which resulted in:

(node:56178) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, unlink '/Users/username/path/to/project/build'
    at Object.unlinkSync (fs.js:1210:3)
    at mayCopyFile (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:59:8)
    at onFile (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:54:10)
    at getStats (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:48:44)
    at startCopy (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:38:10)
    at handleFilterAndCopy (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:33:10)
    at Object.copySync (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/fs-extra/lib/copy-sync/copy-sync.js:26:10)
    at File.copyTo (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/File.js:245:12)
    at FileCollection.copyTo (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/FileCollection.js:83:17)
    at /Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/FileCollection.js:77:38
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at FileCollection.copyTo (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/FileCollection.js:77:17)
    at CopyFilesTask.run (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/tasks/CopyFilesTask.js:16:20)
    at CustomTasksPlugin.runTask (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/webpackPlugins/CustomTasksPlugin.js:46:36)
    at CustomTasksPlugin.runTasks (/Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/webpackPlugins/CustomTasksPlugin.js:87:21)
    at /Users/username/path/to/project/node_modules/laravel-mix/src/webpackPlugins/CustomTasksPlugin.js:87:58
(Use `node --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
(node:56178) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection. This error originated either by throwing inside of an async function without a catch block, or by rejecting a promise which was not handled with .catch(). To terminate the node process on unhandled promise rejection, use the CLI flag `--unhandled-rejections=strict` (see https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_unhandled_rejections_mode). (rejection id: 3)

I got the same errors trying to copy a .env file.

I poked around the source for a bit but I couldn’t figure out why dotfiles were being mistaken as directories.

Steps To Reproduce:

• Install Mix.
• Create a dotfile at src/.whatever
• Run mix.copy('src/.whatever', 'build/.whatever')

[blakewatson]

For anyone that might be having this problem, I’m working around it by using the .after() hook to run fs.copyFile manually. Something like:

const fs = require('fs');

mix.after(() => {
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    fs.copyFile('src/.htaccess', 'build/.htaccess', 0, err => {
      if (err) return reject(err);
      resolve();
    });
  });
});

[u01jmg3]

Still having issues with these 2 copies which used to work in Mix v5.

Instead relying on the code from @blakewatson

var sourcePath = 'resources/assets';
var publicPath = '../public_html/assets';

mix.copy(sourcePath + '/.htaccess', publicPath + '/.htaccess')
   .copy('resources/files', '../public_html/files');