Fix asset URLs for GitHub Pages deployment by configuring Vite base path #2
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This PR fixes the deployment issue where asset URLs in the built application used absolute paths that broke when deployed to GitHub Pages subdirectories.
Problem
The
deploy.shscript required manual intervention to change asset URLs from absolute paths to relative paths. When Vite built the application, it generated HTML files with asset references like:This absolute path
/assets/doesn't work when the application is deployed to a GitHub Pages subdirectory like/pattern-generators/, causing the JavaScript bundle to fail to load.Solution
Added a Vite configuration file (
vite.config.js) that sets the correct base path for GitHub Pages deployment:This configuration ensures that asset URLs are generated with the correct path prefix. Now the built HTML contains:
Changes Made
vite.config.js: Configures Vite to use/pattern-generators/as the base pathdeploy.sh: Removed the manual intervention step that prompted users to modify asset URLsBenefits
http://localhost:5173/pattern-generators/The pattern generator application now works seamlessly with GitHub Pages deployment, generating beautiful line art patterns without any deployment hiccups.
Fixes #1
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