Webpack build refers to absolute paths in local file system

Question

I am building add-in for MS Word using office js. They provide you with starter-kits and I have built it using their react-starter. It includes a webpack configuration which I have kept pretty much the same. I added an svg-loader and a copy. It is included below.

My issue is that after I build for production some comiled files in the dist folder are referring to absolute paths on my own local computer file system. What is causing this problem?

[Edit: I created a fresh office js react add-in project to see if I get the same issue. And yes, it is still referring to absolute paths.]

(dist/taskpane.js)

reactHotLoaderGlobal?reactHotLoaderGlobal.default:void 0;if(e){var n=void 0!==r?r:t;if(n)if("function"!=typeof n){for(var o in n)if(Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(n,o)){var i=void 0;try{i=n[o]}catch(e){continue}e.register(i,o,"/Users/current_user/app_folder/another_app_folder/src/taskpane/components/Collections/index.ts")}}else e.register(n,"module.exports","/Users/current_user/app_folder/another_app_folder/src/taskpane/components/Collections/index.ts")}}()},25522:function(e,t,n){"use strict";var o=this&&this.__createBinding||(Object.create?function(e,t,n,r){void 0===r&&(r=n);var o=Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(t,n);o&&!("get"in

(webpack.config.js)

/* eslint-disable no-undef */

const devCerts = require("office-addin-dev-certs");
const CopyWebpackPlugin = require("copy-webpack-plugin");
const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");
const webpack = require("webpack");

const urlDev = "https://localhost:3002/";
const urlProd = "https://url-to-prod.com/";
async function getHttpsOptions() {
const httpsOptions = await devCerts.getHttpsServerOptions();
return { cacert: httpsOptions.ca, key: httpsOptions.key, cert: httpsOptions.cert };
}

module.exports = async (env, options) => {
const dev = options.mode === "development";
const buildType = dev ? "dev" : "prod";
const config = {
devtool: "source-map",
entry: {
polyfill: ["core-js/stable", "regenerator-runtime/runtime"],
vendor: ["react", "react-dom", "core-js", "@fluentui/react"],
taskpane: ["react-hot-loader/patch", "./src/taskpane/index.tsx"],
commands: "./src/commands/commands.ts",
},
output: {
devtoolModuleFilenameTemplate: "webpack:///[resource-path]?[loaders]",
clean: true,
},
resolve: {
extensions: [".ts", ".tsx", ".html", ".js"],
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /.ts$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
use: {
loader: "babel-loader",
options: {
presets: ["@babel/preset-typescript"],
},
},
},
{
test: /.tsx?$/,
use: ["react-hot-loader/webpack", "ts-loader"],
exclude: /node_modules/,
},
{
test: /.html$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
use: "html-loader",
},
{
test: /.(png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico)$/,
type: "asset/resource",
generator: {
filename: "assets/[name][ext][query]",
},
},
{
test: /.svg$/,
use: [
{
loader: "svg-url-loader",
options: {
limit: 10000,
},
},
],
},
{
test: /.(woff(2)?|ttf|eot)(\?v=\d+.\d+.\d+)?$/,
use: [
{
loader: "file-loader",
options: {
name: "[name].[ext]",
outputPath: "fonts/",
},
},
],
},
],
},
plugins: [
new CopyWebpackPlugin({
patterns: [
{
from: "src/web.config",
to: "src/web.config",
},
],
}),
new CopyWebpackPlugin({
patterns: [
{
from: "assets/",
to: "assets/[name][ext][query]",
},
{
from: "assets/icons/",
to: "assets/icons/[name][ext][query]",
},
{
from: "manifest*.xml",
to: "[name]." + buildType + "[ext]",
transform(content) {
if (dev) {
return content;
} else {
return content
.toString()
.replace(new RegExp(urlDev, "g"), urlProd);
}
},
},
],
}),
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
filename: "taskpane.html",
template: "./src/taskpane/taskpane.html",
chunks: ["taskpane", "vendor", "polyfills"],
}),
new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
filename: "commands.html",
template: "./src/commands/commands.html",
chunks: ["commands"],
}),
new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
Promise: ["es6-promise", "Promise"],
}),
],
devServer: {
hot: true,
headers: {
"Access-Control-Allow-Origin": "*",
},
https: env.WEBPACK_BUILD || options.https !== undefined ? options.https : await getHttpsOptions(),
port: process.env.npm_package_config_dev_server_port || 3002,
},
};

return config;
};