From 1cd6026151074acfbfe1ffbda96a6658736790d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben McIlwain <mcilwain@google.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 12:31:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix npx build overriding Angular output paths (#3082)

This commit reverts changes from PR #3068 that swapped 'npm run build' for 'npx ng build' while attempting to dynamically set the '--output-path' via the CLI.

Passing '--output-path' on the command line overrides the entire 'outputPath' configuration object in angular.json. Because the new Angular 18 Application Builder (esbuild) nests outputs inside a 'browser/' directory by default, overriding the configuration bypassed the 'browser: ""' flattening property, causing all client assets to be nested deeper than expected.

This resulted in empty deployments because downstream tasks (like Jetty's copyConsole and the deployment tar scripts) expected the assets to be completely flat. By removing the '--output-path' override from the 'npx ng build' calls, the Angular CLI once again respects angular.json, flattens the output into 'staged/dist/', and the restored 'doLast' block successfully copies the artifacts where they belong.
---
 console-webapp/build.gradle | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/console-webapp/build.gradle b/console-webapp/build.gradle
index 7d71f194c..70c33fe13 100644
--- a/console-webapp/build.gradle
+++ b/console-webapp/build.gradle
@@ -53,10 +53,17 @@ def createConsoleTask = { env ->
   project.tasks.register("buildConsoleFor${env.capitalize()}", Exec) {
     workingDir "${consoleDir}/"
     executable 'npx'
-    args 'ng', 'build', '--base-href=/console/', "--configuration=${env}", "--output-path=staged/console-${env}"
+    args 'ng', 'build', '--base-href=/console/', "--configuration=${env}"
     doFirst {
       println "Building console for environment: ${env}"
     }
+    doLast {
+      copy {
+        from "${consoleDir}/staged/dist/"
+        into "${consoleDir}/staged/console-${env}"
+      }
+      delete "${consoleDir}/staged/dist"
+    }
     dependsOn(tasks.npmInstallDeps)
   }
   project.tasks.register("deleteConsoleFor${env.capitalize()}", Delete) {