I have an external npm module that looks for a specific file in the app's root directory (in the case of Angular, the dist/ folder). A relatively simple solution is to put that file there. However, I don't know of a way to do it: putting the path to the file in angular.json under scripts simply includes the script in main.js. Putting it under assets wouldn't solve this specific case either.
Is it possible to configure the built to include it in the dist folder as-is? (Angular 8)
Figured it out: it looks like it's actually possible to specify assets not just as individual entries, but also as objects. It's actually in the documentation but I had previously missed it: https://angular.io/guide/workspace-config#asset-config
Therefore, the assets can look like:
"assets": [
"src/assets",
"src/favicon.ico"
]
But also something like this:
"assets": [
"src/assets",
"src/favicon.ico",
{
"glob": "**/*",
"input": "path/to/my/custom/asset/dir/",
"output": "/"
}
]
This allows the mapping of an individual asset to an output path.
