Move skip build check to javascript

[StefSchenkelaars]

I really like the functionality of this gem to prevent a build if nothing has changed. I now used vite in another project (without ruby) where the build is performed every time, even if nothing has changed on the front-end part.

So what about moving this functionality to a vite / rollup plugin? Would that also make sense to you?

[ElMassimo]

Hi Stef!

I'm not sure the benefits are worth it for most Vite apps:

• If no changes occurred, there's no need to redeploy them, example
• If changes occurred, it's probably necessary to rebuild them

For Vite Ruby the logic is in Ruby because it's typically faster than starting a node process to perform the same check, so it wouldn't benefit from moving the logic to a Vite plugin. It also makes it easier to test.

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Feel free to share what use cases you have in mind. I'm not sure Vite provides a good way to halt the build, so this script would probably not be implemented as a plugin alone, and might require an executable that triggers the build as needed.

As a possible alternative, in îles I'm using Nx Cloud, which can cache the results of any scripts, such as the build command. It might provide the benefit of skipping rebuilds and has the benefit of a shared cache between your local and the CI.