From c1b3a201a2b30cf844772a6b1dfffc1cdce3e826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shariq Ansari <sharique.rik@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:07:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] feat: create dynamic alias to use components from frontend
 vue apps

(cherry picked from commit f4f799f636410ac535ba119449b8bfbb81ffc562)
---
 frontend/vite.config.js | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.js b/frontend/vite.config.js
index f4de2403..97d2b193 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.js
@@ -2,11 +2,72 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
 import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'
 import vueJsx from '@vitejs/plugin-vue-jsx'
 import path from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
 import frappeui from 'frappe-ui/vite'
 import { VitePWA } from 'vite-plugin-pwa'
 
+function appPath(app) {
+  const root = path.resolve(__dirname, '../..') // points to apps
+  const frontendPaths = [
+    // Standard frontend structure: appname/frontend/src
+    path.join(root, app, 'frontend', 'src'),
+    // Desk-based apps: appname/desk/src
+    path.join(root, app, 'desk', 'src'),
+    // Alternative frontend structures
+    path.join(root, app, 'client', 'src'),
+    path.join(root, app, 'ui', 'src'),
+    // Direct src structure: appname/src
+    path.join(root, app, 'src'),
+  ]
+  return frontendPaths.find((srcPath) => fs.existsSync(srcPath)) || null
+}
+
+function hasApp(app) {
+  return fs.existsSync(appPath(app))
+}
+
+// List of frontend apps used in this project
+let apps = []
+
+const alias = [
+  // Default "@" for this app
+  {
+    find: '@',
+    replacement: path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
+  },
+
+  // App-specific aliases like @helpdesk, @hrms, etc.
+  ...apps.map((app) =>
+    hasApp(app)
+      ? { find: `@${app}`, replacement: appPath(app) }
+      : { find: `@${app}`, replacement: `virtual:${app}` },
+  ),
+]
+
+const defineFlags = Object.fromEntries(
+  apps.map((app) => [
+    `__HAS_${app.toUpperCase()}__`,
+    JSON.stringify(hasApp(app)),
+  ]),
+)
+
+const virtualStubPlugin = {
+  name: 'virtual-empty-modules',
+  resolveId(id) {
+    if (id.startsWith('virtual:')) return '\0' + id
+  },
+  load(id) {
+    if (id.startsWith('\0virtual:')) {
+      return 'export default {}; export const missing = true;'
+    }
+  },
+}
+
+console.log('Generated app aliases:', alias)
+
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
+  define: defineFlags,
   plugins: [
     frappeui({
       frappeProxy: true,
@@ -60,12 +121,9 @@ export default defineConfig({
         ],
       },
     }),
+    virtualStubPlugin,
   ],
-  resolve: {
-    alias: {
-      '@': path.resolve(__dirname, 'src'),
-    },
-  },
+  resolve: { alias },
   optimizeDeps: {
     include: [
       'feather-icons',