How to change the Vite Manifest directory

Question

I want the vite manifest to be available in the public_html/build/ directory of my website, but I keep getting the error Vite manifest not found in: public_html/public/build/manifest.json. This is my config, how do I modify it so that it is at build/ instead of public/build ?

//vite.config.js
export default defineConfig({
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      'vue': 'vue/dist/vue.esm-bundler.js'
    },
   
  },
  plugins: [
    laravel({
      input: ['resources/css/app.css', 'resources/js/app.js'],
      refresh: true,
    }),
    vue({
      template: {
        transformAssetUrls: {
          base: null,
          includeAbsolute: false,
        },
      },
    }),
    VueI18nPlugin({
        include: resolve(dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), 'resources/js/locales/**'),
      }),
  ],
    build: {
      outDir: 'build',
      publicDir: 'build',
      manifest: true,
    }
});

Answer 1

I solved this problem by creating a bash file that runs the npm command, then moving the file to a public directory as needed. I run a command and it does everything I need easily with no extra work...

Filename: npm_run_build.bash
Contents: 
#!/bin/bash
npm run build
mv ./public_html/build/manifest.json ./public/build/manifest.json

Then I just run the command

"bash npm_run_build.bash"

Replace hte command

npm run build

It does the build and then moves the files to the desired location so I can run the script without any extra work...

Answer 2

I can't make my manfiest available in public_html/build, but I can leave all the compiled files there and move them to public/build and it works.