Can't build astro if project path contains spaces on MacOS

[hudmarc]

Astro Info

> astro info

Astro                    v5.0.0-beta.12
Node                     v18.20.4
System                   macOS (x64)
Package Manager          npm
Output                   static
Adapter                  none
Integrations             @astrojs/mdx
                         @astrojs/sitemap

If this issue only occurs in one browser, which browser is a problem?

No response

Describe the Bug

This might be an NPM or a Vite problem but I just started using Astro and it refuses to build if the project path contains a space on MacOS: for example, ".../new website" does not build, while ".../website" does.

The error is as follows:

astro vscode [ERROR] [vite] cannot find entry point module '.../Documents/new%20website/Site/node_modules/@astrojs/mdx/dist/server.js'.

It goes away if I change the path to the project to this: ".../Documents/Website/Site/node_modules/@astrojs/mdx/dist/server.js"

It was easy to fix for me, but I imagine if for example someone's username contains a space then they are in deep trouble.

What's the expected result?

Astro building my site.

Link to Minimal Reproducible Example

should be trivial to reproduce - in my case I just used the blog template and created a scratch project under a path with a space in the pathname.

Participation

• I am willing to submit a pull request for this issue.

[ascorbic]

OK, I can reproduce this, and it's specifically an error in the MDX plugin. Thanks for the report!

[ascorbic]

Seems this was introduced in @astrojs/[email protected]

[ascorbic]

Because of links etc, this can be reproduced in the Astro monorepo only if the monorepo itself has a space in the filename, or the package path.

[ascorbic]

Looks like this is a Vite bug: vitejs/vite#9917

[surjithctly]

Any workaround for this? Because it works fine with Astro v4 without any problem. @astrojs/mdx is having issues here.

Astro v4 + @astrojs/mdx v3 works as expected. So looks like a regression?

[ematipico]

@surjithctly it will be fixed with the next patch of vite. As a workaround, avoid folders and files that contain spaces.

[surjithctly]

Request to keep this issue open since the issue still exists in this version even if's its an upstream issue. So tracking this will be easier.

[bluwy]

@surjithctly Can you provide a repro? What's described in this issue is already fixed in the Vite patch. Is there anything else we're missing that's Astro-specific?

[surjithctly]

The issue created before the new vite version is released.

I did tried to upgrade now and it worked as expected. So, all good now to close this issue.

[ascorbic]

Thanks for the update!