vite build rejects new URL(url, import.meta.url) with template strings that don't begin with / or ./

[castholm]

Describe the bug

When running vite dev and visiting the site, all of the following methods of resolving assets work:

// 1: Static, without leading './'
const static1res = await fetch(new URL("pets/cat.txt", import.meta.url))

// 2: Static, with leading './'
const static2res = await fetch(new URL("./pets/cat.txt", import.meta.url))

// 3: Dynamic, without leading './'
function fetchDynamic1(species: string): Promise<Response> {
  return fetch(new URL(`pets/${species}.txt`, import.meta.url))
}
const dynamic1res = await fetchDynamic1("cat")

// 4: Dynamic, with leading './'
function fetchDynamic2(species: string): Promise<Response> {
  return fetch(new URL(`./pets/${species}.txt`, import.meta.url))
}
const dynamic2res = await fetchDynamic2("cat")

However, when running vite build, the third case (new URL(`pets/${species}.txt`, import.meta.url)) causes the build to fail with the message

Invalid glob: "pets/**.txt" (resolved: "pets/**.txt"). It must start with '/' or './'

It seems a bit inconsistent that static relative URLs without a leading ./ work but not dynamic ones. Ideally, all four should work.

I understand that the JavaScript spec require relative module imports to begin with a leading ./, but this is just a URL to a generic asset. path/to/asset and ./path/to/asset should be equivalent.

Reproduction

https://stackblitz.com/edit/vitejs-vite-9ymymw

System Info

System:
    OS: Linux 5.0 undefined
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz
    Memory: 0 Bytes / 0 Bytes
    Shell: 1.0 - /bin/jsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 16.14.2 - /usr/local/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.10 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
    npm: 7.17.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    vite: ^3.1.0 => 3.1.0

Used Package Manager

npm

Logs

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❯ npm run build -- --debug
$ tsc && vite build --debug
  vite:config no config file found. +0ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck (root: /home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw) +0ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck (root: /home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw) +1ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck (root: /home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw) +0ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck (root: /home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw) +0ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck end +1ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck end +0ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck end +0ms
  vite:esbuild init tsconfck end +0ms
  vite:config using resolved config: {
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  vite:config   mode: 'production',
  vite:config   configFile: undefined,
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  vite:config   },
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  vite:config     polyfillModulePreload: true,
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  vite:config     assetsInlineLimit: 4096,
  vite:config     cssCodeSplit: true,
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  vite:config     emptyOutDir: null,
  vite:config     manifest: false,
  vite:config     lib: false,
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  vite:config     ssrManifest: false,
  vite:config     reportCompressedSize: true,
  vite:config     chunkSizeWarningLimit: 500,
  vite:config     watch: null,
  vite:config     commonjsOptions: { include: [Array], extensions: [Array] },
  vite:config     dynamicImportVarsOptions: { warnOnError: true, exclude: [Array] }
  vite:config   },
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  vite:config   inlineConfig: {
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  vite:config     mode: undefined,
  vite:config     configFile: undefined,
  vite:config     logLevel: undefined,
  vite:config     clearScreen: undefined,
  vite:config     optimizeDeps: { force: undefined },
  vite:config     build: {}
  vite:config   },
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  vite:config   publicDir: '/home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/public',
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  vite:config   command: 'build',
  vite:config   ssr: {
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  vite:config     optimizeDeps: { disabled: true, esbuildOptions: [Object] }
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  vite:config   mainConfig: null,
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  vite:config     'vite:force-systemjs-wrap-complete',
  vite:config     'vite:watch-package-data',
  vite:config     'commonjs',
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  vite:config   },
  vite:config   preview: {
  vite:config     port: undefined,
  vite:config     strictPort: undefined,
  vite:config     host: undefined,
  vite:config     https: undefined,
  vite:config     open: undefined,
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  vite:config     cors: undefined,
  vite:config     headers: undefined
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  vite:config   env: { BASE_URL: '/', MODE: 'production', DEV: false, PROD: true },
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  vite:config     info: [Function: info],
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  vite:config     clearScreen: [Function: clearScreen],
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  vite:config   },
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  vite:config } +6ms
vite v3.1.0 building for production...
✓ 2 modules transformed.
[vite:import-glob] Invalid glob: "pets/**.txt" (resolved: "pets/**.txt"). It must start with '/' or './'
file: /home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/src/main.ts
error during build:
Error: Invalid glob: "pets/**.txt" (resolved: "pets/**.txt"). It must start with '/' or './'
    at toAbsoluteGlob (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-665b0112.js:36015:11)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async eval (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-665b0112.js:35848:31)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async parseImportGlob (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-665b0112.js:35862:13)
    at async transformGlobImport (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-665b0112.js:35874:21)
    at async Object.transform (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-665b0112.js:35680:28)
    at async transform (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/rollup.js:21958:16)
    at async ModuleLoader.addModuleSource (file:///home/projects/vitejs-vite-9ymymw/node_modules/rollup/dist/es/shared/rollup.js:22183:30)

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[castholm]

Locally, I have used patch-package to apply a patch that would be the equivalent of making the following changes to assetImportMetaUrl.ts:

@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ export function assetImportMetaUrlPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
 
           // potential dynamic template string
           if (rawUrl[0] === '`' && /\$\{/.test(rawUrl)) {
-            const ast = this.parse(rawUrl)
+            let fixedUrl
+            if (!/^`(\.?\.?\/|\${)/.test(rawUrl)) {
+              // Normalize relative URLs to begin with './' to prevent issues later down the plugin pipeline.
+              fixedUrl = '`./' + rawUrl.slice(1)
+            } else {
+              fixedUrl = rawUrl
+            }
+            const ast = this.parse(fixedUrl)
             const templateLiteral = (ast as any).body[0].expression
             if (templateLiteral.expressions.length) {
               const pattern = JSON.stringify(buildGlobPattern(templateLiteral))
@@ -55,7 +62,7 @@ export function assetImportMetaUrlPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
               s.overwrite(
                 index,
                 index + exp.length,
-                `new URL((import.meta.glob(${pattern}, { eager: true, import: 'default', as: 'url' }))[${rawUrl}], self.location)`,
+                `new URL((import.meta.glob(${pattern}, { eager: true, import: 'default', as: 'url' }))[${fixedUrl}], self.location)`,
                 { contentOnly: true }
               )
               continue

If you believe this would be okay as a fix, let me know and I'll open a PR.

[poyoho]

It seems resolve by #7837, the PR will call the resolve plugin to resolve url. So the url can resolve as bare package imports or absolute fs paths.

[castholm]

Does #7837 handle template strings? I will have to build and test it myself later to confirm, but it doesn't seem like that PR changes how template strings are handled.