ci: typecheck as part of the vite build - #116
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vite transpiles without typechecking, so `npm run build` reported a successful build for source tsc rejects. The types were still covered — CI runs `npm run typecheck` in its test command — but only there: a local build passed, and the failure arrived later than it needed to. vite-plugin-checker runs tsc inside the build and fails it on the first error. Introducing one makes the build exit 2 where it previously produced dist/ and reported success. The checker is skipped under vitest, which shares this config: the suite is what is being run there, and a type error in an unrelated file should not stop it. AGENTS.md said in two places that the build does not typecheck. Both now describe what it does.
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Developer->>Vite: Run build or serve
Vite->>TypeScriptChecker: Check TypeScript when VITEST is unset
TypeScriptChecker-->>Vite: Return type errors that affect the command
Vite->>DTS: Generate declarations
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In `@vite.config.ts`:
- Line 35: Add a regression test under the existing Vitest tests that invokes
the build with VITEST removed and a fixture containing a known TypeScript error,
asserting that the build exits non-zero because vite-plugin-checker is enabled.
Also verify the standard Vitest path sets VITEST and skips the checker
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printf '\n--- package scripts ---\n'
node -e "const p=require('./package.json'); console.log(JSON.stringify(p.scripts,null,2))"
printf '\n--- test/build files ---\n'
find src -maxdepth 2 -type f \( -name '*.test.ts' -o -name 'vite.config.ts' \) -print | sort | head -80Repository: SignalK/tracks
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Add a regression test for build-time type checking.
The build uses vite-plugin-checker to reject TypeScript errors, while Vitest skips that checker through process.env.VITEST. Add a src/*.test.ts test that runs the build with VITEST removed, uses a fixture containing a known TypeScript error, and asserts a non-zero exit status. Also assert that the normal Vitest path does not enable the checker.
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In `@vite.config.ts` at line 35, Add a regression test under the existing Vitest
tests that invokes the build with VITEST removed and a fixture containing a
known TypeScript error, asserting that the build exits non-zero because
vite-plugin-checker is enabled. Also verify the standard Vitest path sets VITEST
and skips the checker configuration around the conditional checker setup.
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The build rejects unsound source only because vite.config.ts adds vite-plugin-checker, and the plugin is skipped when VITEST is set — which is the environment the suite runs in. A regression would therefore be invisible from inside the suite, so the test spawns the build with VITEST removed, as `npm run build` runs it. It writes a file that is valid JavaScript once the types are erased, so only a typechecker rejects it, and asserts the build exits non-zero naming TS2322. Removing the checker from vite.config.ts makes the test fail, which is what makes it a guard rather than a restatement. The vite CLI is spawned through node rather than npx: npx is npx.cmd on Windows, which spawnSync cannot execute without a shell, and plugin-ci runs this suite there. Paths go through fileURLToPath for the same reason — URL.pathname yields /C:/... on Windows.
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@coderabbitai All three taken. Add a regression test for build-time type checking — done, in It writes a file that is valid JavaScript once the types are erased — I checked it is a guard rather than a restatement: commenting the checker out of This also fits what the repository already does — Run the local Vite CLI through Node / without npx — both taken, and this was a real portability bug rather than a style point. It now spawns One thing I did not add: a |
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Correction to my previous comment: the last line should read "One thing I did add". |
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printf '%s\n' '--- src/buildTypecheck.test.ts ---'
if [ -f src/buildTypecheck.test.ts ]; then
cat -n src/buildTypecheck.test.ts
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printf '%s\n' '--- vite.config.ts ---'
cat -n vite.config.ts
printf '%s\n' '--- plugin-ci workflow candidates ---'
fd -a '^plugin-ci\.ya?ml$' . -x sh -c 'echo "--- $1 ---"; cat -n "$1"' sh {} || true
printf '%s\n' '--- ignore rules ---'
fd -a '^\.gitignore$' . -x sh -c 'echo "--- $1 ---"; cat -n "$1"' sh {} || true
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant test and workflow references ---'
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npm run buildisvite build, and vite transpiles without typechecking — so the build reported success for sourcetscrejects. Demonstrated onmainbefore changing anything: appendingconst x: number = "not a number"to a file insrc/leavesnpm run buildexiting 0 and writingdist/, whilenpm run typecheckreportsTS2322on the same tree.The types were never actually unguarded —
signalk-ci.ymlrunsnpm run typecheckin itstest-command, andtsconfig.jsonis strict and then some. The gap is narrower than that: the check lived only in CI, so a local build passed and the failure arrived later than it needed to.vite-plugin-checkerrunstscinside the build and fails it on the first error. With it, the same deliberate error stops the build:This follows SignalK/signalk-server#3068, which added the same plugin to the admin UI build for the same reason.
Skipped under vitest
vite.config.tsis also vitest's config, so the plugin is added only whenprocess.env.VITESTis unset. Under test the suite is the thing being run, and a type error in an unrelated file should not stop it from reporting. Verified:npm teststill runs 568 tests with no checker output.Cost
About 2.6s added to the build, measured on this branch.
npm run typecheckstays as the quick way to check types without building.AGENTS.md
Two passages stated that the build does not typecheck — line 22 and the "Vite transpiles without type checking" paragraph. Both were accurate before this change and are not now, so both are updated.
Tested
npm run build— succeeds on a clean tree, with the checker running.npm run typecheck— clean.npm run lint— clean.npm run format:check— clean.npm test— 568 pass, 5 skipped, across 19 files; no checker output during the run.Not tested:
npm run test:e2e, which needs a real Signal K server and QuestDB.Summary
vite-plugin-checkerto run TypeScript checks during Vite builds.dist/.VITESTis set.AGENTS.md.npm run typecheckas a standalone check.Validation