assets copying from "nest build" is problematic

[ricardovigatti]

I'm submitting a...

[ ] Regression 
[x ] Bug report
[ ] Feature request
[ ] Documentation issue or request
[ ] Support request => Please do not submit support request here, instead post your question on Stack Overflow.

Current behavior

Assets aren't copied properly using "compilerOptions" at "nest-cli.json" file. Eg.:

// nest-cli.json
{
  "collection": "@nestjs/schematics",
  "sourceRoot": "src",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "assets": [
      { "include": "../node_modules/admin-lte/dist", "outDir": "public" },
      { "include": "../node_modules/admin-lte/plugins", "exclude": "../node_modules/admin-lte/plugins/filterizr", "outDir": "public" }
    ]
  }
}

After I run "nest start" or "nest build", some files and folders were copied, but a few others are missing. For example, the "bootstrap" folder, exists at "node_modules/admin-lte/plugins/bootstrap" but was not copied.

Expected behavior

All files and folder of "admin-lte/dist" and "admin-lte/plugins" should be copied. With the exception of the "filterizr" directory.

Minimal reproduction of the problem with instructions

1. nest new project-name
2. npm install admin-lte --save
3. Use the "nest-cli.json" file provided above.
4. Run nest start or nest build

What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior?

Copying of assets is problematic.

Environment

[System Information]
OS Version     : Windows 10
NodeJS Version : v14.12.0
NPM Version    : 6.14.8 

[Nest CLI]
Nest CLI Version : 7.6.0

[Nest Platform Information]
platform-express version : 7.6.15
common version           : 7.6.15
core version             : 7.6.15

[kamilmysliwiec]

Would you like to create a PR for this issue?

[ricardovigatti]

Sorry, but i have no idea how to fix this.

[NikolaPeevski]

@kamilmysliwiec Pr is up. Could you take a look?

[FredericEspiau]

I just wanted you to know that I have the same issue as well :)

[kamilmysliwiec]

Let's track this here #1264