Why does the copy webpack plugin add **/* to the end of the path?

Question

webpack

Hello! Trying to understand why the copy webpack plugin adds **/* to the end of the path and solve the unable to locate error accordingly
Here is the code:

new CopyWebpackPlugin({
      patterns: [
        { // Ругается именно на этот путь
          context: path.resolve(__dirname),
          from: 'src/assets/images',
          to: 'dist/images'
        },
        {
          context: path.resolve(__dirname),
          from: 'src/assets/favicon.ico',
          to: 'dist/favicon.ico'
        },
        {
          context: path.resolve(__dirname),
          from: 'web.config',
          to: 'dist/web.config'
        }
      ]
    })

I want to copy the entire folder, I checked that the paths I specified are correct, but webpack changes the path to "src/assets/images/**/*". The error comes out only when I try to copy the folder, it works fine with other paths.
How to fix it?
Thanks in advance for any help!

Answer 1

You need to add the noErrorOnMissing: true option, which will tell the collector if the folder is empty, then skip it and don't generate an error.
{
//Copy assets
from: path.resolve(__dirname, "./src/assets/images"),
to: path.resolve(__dirname, "./dist/images"),
noErrorOnMissing: true,
}
Your folder is empty simply.