Make build process working on Windows machines

[aichukanov]

I've got a fail on rush build and don't know why, because of encoding problem in powershell/cmd/bash (Windows 10)

[aichukanov]

Found that It's because there is no rm on Windows. Removed using rm -rf from commands as a workaround.

[haiodo]

@aichukanov I think nobody was build it on windows.

[Frumcheg]

@aichukanov Hi! I manage to run project on my windows machine using WSL. You can find install guide here.

[CyberPanCake3000]

Hi!
@aichukanov, I was struggling with building the project on windows with WSL too but found out that visual studio reformatted shell files and files from /common/scripts directory (they are important for setting up the project) from LF to CRLF 😞
I hope it will help you and other devs 🌟

[aeswibon]

I faced multiple errors while trying to bundle the packages with rush bundle. I just switched to Git bash on Windows and replaced mkdir -p with rm -rf bundle && mkdir so that it would first delete the old dir and then create the new dir. Moreover, still facing some issues, like:

--[ FAILURE: @hcengineering/pod-account (bundle) ]-----------[ 3.03 seconds ]--
--minify was unexpected at this time.

--[ FAILURE: @hcengineering/pod-front (bundle) ]-------------[ 3.38 seconds ]--
--bundle was unexpected at this time.

--[ FAILURE: @hcengineering/pod-server (bundle) ]------------[ 3.52 seconds ]--
--define:process.env.GIT_REVISION was unexpected at this time.

--[ FAILURE: @hcengineering/tool (bundle) ]------------------[ 3.28 seconds ]--
--define:process.env.GIT_REVISION was unexpected at this time.

[Fatema-Nawrin]

@aeswibon I am facing the same issues. Did you solve it?

[aeswibon]

Nope, I tried to fix the script but is not working. Currently shifted to WSL to run the project.

[FesterCluck]

Is this actually working or are folks still stuck in WSL? I'm about to clone and give this a shot. If it's still broken, happy to pick up. Otherwise, recommend close.

[stan-kondrat]

I investigated this bug and found potential solutions:

1. Use cross-spawn in the following files to improve cross-platform compatibility:

   • platform-rig/bin/compile.js
   • platform-rig/bin/do-svelte-check.js
   • templates/apply.js

2. Install Bash on Windows and add the following to common/config/rush/.npmrc:

   script-shell=bash
   

   However, this approach has a blocker since rush doesn't support the script-shell config (while npm run does). I've created an issue in the Rush repository to address this limitation: microsoft/rushstack#5076.