[CB-12415] Windows build fails if start page is missing

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Master, 4.4.3
• Component/s: cordova-windows
• Labels: triaged
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Alexander Sorokin
• Created: 02/Feb/17 07:48
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:49
• Resolved: 07/Feb/17 12:31

Description

Repro:

cordova create foo
rm ./foo/www/index.html
cd foo
cordova platform add windows@https://github.com/apache/cordova-windows
cordova build

Expected:
Build successful

Actual:

Building project: C:\Cordova\foo\platforms\windows\CordovaApp.Windows.jsproj
        Configuration : debug
        Platform      : anycpu
  Patching 8.1 in prebuild event...
  ls: no such file or directory: C:\Cordova\foo\platforms\windows\www\index.html

  grep: no paths given

  C:\Cordova\foo\platforms\windows\cordova\prebuild.js:65
      if (shell.grep(reBaseJs, startPageFilePath).length === 0) {
                                                 ^

  TypeError: Cannot read property 'length' of null
      at patch (C:\Cordova\foo\platforms\windows\cordova\prebuild.js:65:48)
      at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Cordova\foo\platforms\windows\cordova\prebuild-81.js:20:1)
      at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
      at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:343:32)
      at Function.Module._load (module.js:300:12)
      at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:441:10)
      at startup (node.js:139:18)
      at node.js:974:3
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets(1250,5): error MSB3073: The command "node "C:\Cor
dova\foo\platforms\windows\\\cordova\\prebuild-81.js"" exited with code 1. [C:\Cordova\foo\platforms\windows\CordovaApp.Windows.j
sproj]
Error: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe: Command failed with exit code 1

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #225