how to change the dist-folder path in angular-cli after 'ng build'
AngularAngular CliAngular Problem Overview
I would like to use angular-cli with asp.net core and I need to know how I can change the path of the dist folder
Angular Solutions
Solution 1 - Angular
The more current way of this is to update the outDir
property in angular.json
(called .angular-cli.json
in old Angular CLI versions).
The ng build
command argument --output-path
(or -op
for short) is still supported also, which can be useful if you want multiple values, you can save them in your package.json
as npm scripts.
> Beware: The .angular-cli.json
property is NOT called output-path
like the currently-accepted answer by @cwill747 says. That's the ng build
argument only.
>
> It's called outDir
as mentioned above, and it's a under the apps
property.
.
P.S.
(December 2017)
1-year after adding this answer, someone added a new answer with essentially same information, and the Original Poster changed the accepted answer to the 1-year-late answer containing same information in the first line of this one.
Solution 2 - Angular
For Angular 6+ things have changed a little.
Define where ng build generates app files
Cli setup is now done in angular.json (replaced .angular-cli.json) in your workspace root directory. The output path in default angular.json should look like this (irrelevant lines removed):
{
"projects": {
"my-app-name": {
"architect": {
"options": {
"outputPath": "dist/my-app-name",
Obviously, this will generate your app in WORKSPACE/dist/my-app-name. Modify outputPath if you prefer another directory.
You can overwrite the output path using command line arguments (e.g. for CI jobs):
ng build -op dist/example
ng build --output-path=dist/example
S.a. https://angular.io/cli/build
Hosting angular app in subdirectory
Setting the output path, will tell angular where to place the "compiled" files but however you change the output path, when running the app, angular will still assume that the app is hosted in the webserver's document root.
To make it work in a sub directory, you'll have to set the base href.
In angular.json:
{
"projects": {
"my-app-name": {
"architect": {
"options": {
"baseHref": "/my-folder/",
Cli:
ng build --base-href=/my-folder/
If you don't know where the app will be hosted on build time, you can change base tag in generated index.html.
Here's an example how we do it in our docker container:
entrypoint.sh
if [ -n "${BASE_PATH}" ]
then
files=( $(find . -name "index.html") )
cp -n "${files[0]}" "${files[0]}.org"
cp "${files[0]}.org" "${files[0]}"
sed -i "s*<base href=\"/\">*<base href=\"${BASE_PATH}\">*g" "${files[0]}"
fi
Solution 3 - Angular
You can update the output folder in .angular-cli.json:
"outDir": "./location/toYour/dist"
Solution 4 - Angular
You can use the CLI too, like:
ng build -prod --output-path=production
# or
ng serve --output-path=devroot
Solution 5 - Angular
The only thing that worked for me was to change outDir
in in both angular-cli.json
AND src/tsconfig.json
.
I wanted my dist-folder outside the angular project folder. If I didn't change the setting in src/tsconfig.json
as well, Angular CLI would throw warnings whenever I build the project.
Here are the most important lines ...
// angular-cli.json
{
...
"apps": [
{
"outDir": "../dist",
...
}
],
...
}
And ...
// tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"outDir": "../../dist/out-tsc",
...
}
}
Solution 6 - Angular
> Beware: The correct answer is below. This no longer works
Create a file called .ember-cli
in your project, and include in it these contents:
{
"output-path": "./location/to/your/dist/"
}
Solution 7 - Angular
for github pages I Use
ng build --prod --base-href "https://<username>.github.io/<RepoName>/" --output-path=docs
This is what that copies output into the docs folder : --output-path=docs
Solution 8 - Angular
Angular CLI now uses environment files to do this.
First, add an environments
section to the angular-cli.json
Something like :
{
"apps": [{
"environments": {
"prod": "environments/environment.prod.ts"
}
}]
}
And then inside the environment file (environments/environment.prod.ts
in this case), add something like :
export const environment = {
production: true,
"output-path": "./whatever/dist/"
};
now when you run :
ng build --prod
it will output to the ./whatever/dist/
folder.
Solution 9 - Angular
Another option would be to set the webroot path to the angular cli dist folder. In your Program.cs when configuring the WebHostBuilder just say
.UseWebRoot(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "\\Frontend\\dist")
or whatever the path to your dist dir is.
Solution 10 - Angular
Caution: Angular 6 and above!
For readers with an angular.json
(not angular-cli.json
) the key correct key is outputPath. I guess the angular configuration changed to angular.json
in Angular 6, so if you are using version 6 or above you most likely have a angular.json
file.
To change the output path you have to change outputPath und the build options.
example angular.json
{
"$schema": "./node_modules/@angular/cli/lib/config/schema.json",
"version": 1,
"projects": {
"angular-app": {
"projectType": "application",
[...]
"architect": {
"build": {
"builder": "@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser",
"options": {
"outputPath": "dist/angular-app",
"index": "src/index.html",
"main": "src/main.ts",
[...]
I could not find any official docs on this (not included in https://angular.io/guide/workspace-config as I would have expected), maybe someone can link an official resource on this.