./../../../../../../ Added to an absolute path

[dolma]

🐛 bug report

🎛 Configuration

package.json:

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "autoprefixer": "^7.2.4",
    "node-sass": "^4.7.2",
    "parcel-bundler": "^1.6.2",
    "postcss-modules": "^1.1.0"
  },
}

cli command: parcel src/pages/index.html

💻 Code Sample

src/pages/index.html

<img src="/images/room.png"/>

🤔 Expected Behavior

Basically I'd just like to have my src/ directory as the root directory of my project and be able to use absolute paths that would originate from this root directory.

In this case, using /images/room.png in the img tag should look for the image file at src/images/room.png since src/ is the root path.

😯 Current Behavior

Instead, it adds a ton of ../ tokens to the path when it is defined as an absolute path. I know I did not define the root directory because I have no idea how. Looked through the "docs" and throughout the github issues and couldn't find any indication of it. I would assume that it's possible to set it in the options (since it's a very basic feature) but can't find how.

Regardless of setting the root path, it still doesn't make sense to me why the path gets prepended with all these ../. I would expect it to tell me it can't find the resource, but not modify the path in such a weird way. Here's the error message I get:

🚨  /[PROJECT]/src/pages/index.html: Cannot resolve dependency './../../../../../../images/room.png' at '/images/room.png'
    at /[PROJECT]/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:55:21
    at load (/[PROJECT]/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:69:43)
    at onex (/[PROJECT]/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:92:31)
    at /[PROJECT]/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:22:47
    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:166:21)

Anyone has an idea about why this would be happening ? Also how do I set the root directory for absolute paths ?

🌍 My Environment

Software	Version(s)
Parcel	1.6.2
Node	9.3.0
yarn	1.3.2
Operating System	macOS High Sierra

[devongovett]

absolute paths will be supported by the new resolver in v1.7.0 - #850. Will be released soon.

[dolma]

Oh thanks ! Good to know. I'll be patiently waiting for the new release then ;)

[ghost]

Oh thanks ! Good to know. I'll be patiently waiting for the new release then ;) +1

[kawamurakazushi]

I guess the absolute path is still not working for HTML.