Error on first build EONENT on completely unchanged fresh install

[tom2strobl]

I just ran npx create-bolt-cep with only react and indesign selected in a subdir bolt-cep-test, followed by cd bolt-cep-test followed by a safety npm install followed by a npm run build (which you said should be done before npm run dev).

I did not change any file at all, just the fresh install.

Immediately running into:

npm run build
CEP Panels Served at:

error during build:
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/dist/cep/main/index.html'
    at Object.writeFileSync (node:fs:2426:20)
    at /Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/node_modules/vite-cep-plugin/lib/index.js:229:24
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at configResolved (/Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/node_modules/vite-cep-plugin/lib/index.js:218:63)
    at file:///Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-D4NMHUTW.js:49121:67
    at Array.map (<anonymous>)
    at resolveConfig (file:///Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-D4NMHUTW.js:49121:53)
    at async createBuilder (file:///Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-D4NMHUTW.js:46736:18)
    at async CAC.<anonymous> (file:///Users/<myusername>/dev/bolt-cep-test/node_modules/vite/dist/node/cli.js:862:23)

node version: v22.14.0
M1 Mac on macOS Tahoe 26.0.1 (25A362)
I have the ExtendScript Debugger installed and working (in a different project, although https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsxbin works fine for me there as well)

[tom2strobl]

Ah. The dist/cep dir doesn't exist if you haven't built yet, but it doesn't build if it doesn't exist. Chicken-and-egg problem.

Adding this to vite.config.ts solves the problem:

// note: you already have the "fs-extra" dependency
import fs from "fs-extra"

// Ensure output directories exist
cepConfig.panels.forEach((panel) => {
  const panelDir = path.resolve(outDir, panel.name);
  fs.ensureDirSync(panelDir);
});

You might want to include this per default in vite.config.ts.

A related problem: If you run build it first wants to rimraf something that doesn't exist:
No matches found: "dist/*"

I changed rimraf dist/* to rimraf dist to make it work.

Shell globbing errors on nomatch. rimraf dist removes the whole folder if it exists and succeeds quietly if it doesn’t.

I put the changes into this PR: #165