ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scope

[davay42]

I try using the lib in my project to fix Windows builds via GitHub actions. Otherwise my projects build fine.

Seems like the lib isn't compatible with ES modules setup...

Here's the repo https://github.com/davay42/vitepress-pages

ReferenceError: __dirname is not defined in ES module scope
    at node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/app-root-path/index.js (file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected][email protected]/node_modules/vitepress-pages/dist/index.js:129:26)
    at __require2 (file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected][email protected]/node_modules/vitepress-pages/dist/chunk-2LGAEF77.js:15:50)
    at file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected][email protected]/node_modules/vitepress-pages/dist/index.js:138:36
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:193:25)
    at async Promise.all (index 0)
    at async ESMLoader.import (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:541:24)
    at async loadConfigFromBundledFile (file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-5e7f419b.js:62084:21)
    at async loadConfigFromFile (file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-5e7f419b.js:61969:28)
    at async resolveConfig (file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-5e7f419b.js:61590:28)
    at async doBuild (file:///Users/davay/Documents/%D0%A4%D0%A0%D0%A3%D0%9A%D0%A2/Chromatone/chromatone.center/node_modules/.pnpm/[email protected]/node_modules/vite/dist/node/chunks/dep-5e7f419b.js:44358:20)
    ```

[Creskendoll]

Here's my workaround using patch-package:

diff --git a/node_modules/app-root-path/index.js b/node_modules/app-root-path/index.js
index 7fd5bde..ad84c91 100644
--- a/node_modules/app-root-path/index.js
+++ b/node_modules/app-root-path/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var lib = require('./lib/app-root-path.js');
-module.exports = lib(__dirname);
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = lib(typeof __dirname === 'undefined' ? process.cwd() : __dirname);

Simply put this inside the file patches/app-root-path+3.1.0.patch and run npx patch-package.

Be advised that I haven't fully tested this solution, so I don't know what the implications of using process.cwd() are.