From 318c14fa7c9fb949d74b7d9fae416e917766cf05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Divyansh Singh <40380293+brc-dd@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2025 01:06:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix: make paths in `watchedFiles` absolute as mentioned in
 the docs

---
 __tests__/e2e/dynamic-routes/[id].paths.ts | 2 +-
 src/node/contentLoader.ts                  | 5 ++++-
 src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts    | 5 ++++-
 src/node/plugins/staticDataPlugin.ts       | 5 ++++-
 src/node/utils/glob.ts                     | 1 +
 5 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/__tests__/e2e/dynamic-routes/[id].paths.ts b/__tests__/e2e/dynamic-routes/[id].paths.ts
index 12a8bc32..a1cb6fef 100644
--- a/__tests__/e2e/dynamic-routes/[id].paths.ts
+++ b/__tests__/e2e/dynamic-routes/[id].paths.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export default defineRoutes({
     // console.log('watchedFiles', watchedFiles)
     return paths
   },
-  watch: ['**/data-loading/**/*.json'],
+  watch: ['../data-loading/**/*.json'],
   async transformPageData(pageData) {
     // console.log('transformPageData', pageData.filePath)
     pageData.title += ' - transformed'
diff --git a/src/node/contentLoader.ts b/src/node/contentLoader.ts
index 7b32b619..406dcf6d 100644
--- a/src/node/contentLoader.ts
+++ b/src/node/contentLoader.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ export function createContentLoader<T = ContentData[]>(
 
     async load(files?: string[]) {
       // the loader is being called directly, do a fresh glob
-      files = files ?? (await glob(watch, options.globOptions))
+      files ??= await glob(watch, {
+        absolute: true,
+        ...options.globOptions
+      })
 
       const md = await createMarkdownRenderer(
         config.srcDir,
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
index 70294e1d..afc68be5 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
@@ -308,7 +308,10 @@ async function resolveDynamicRoutes(
       let pathsData: UserRouteConfig[]
 
       if (typeof loader === 'function') {
-        const watchedFiles = await glob(watch, options.globOptions)
+        const watchedFiles = await glob(watch, {
+          absolute: true,
+          ...options.globOptions
+        })
         pathsData = await loader(watchedFiles)
       } else {
         pathsData = loader
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/staticDataPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/staticDataPlugin.ts
index 05065c27..5f8f260b 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/staticDataPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/staticDataPlugin.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ export const staticDataPlugin: Plugin = {
       }
 
       // load the data
-      const watchedFiles = await glob(watch, options.globOptions)
+      const watchedFiles = await glob(watch, {
+        absolute: true,
+        ...options.globOptions
+      })
       const data = await load(watchedFiles)
 
       // record loader module for HMR
diff --git a/src/node/utils/glob.ts b/src/node/utils/glob.ts
index 53b11b4b..cd7c2e34 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/glob.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/glob.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { glob as _glob } from 'tinyglobby'
 import { normalizePath } from 'vite'
 
 export interface GlobOptions {
+  absolute?: boolean
   cwd?: string
   ignore?: string | string[]
   dot?: boolean