From 82fbcf7ebb01d77319f74f55a014be29fd1b2703 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: martincupela <martin.cupela@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 14:18:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] chore(demo): support local reference to stream-chat-js

---
 examples/vite/.env.example   |  3 +-
 examples/vite/vite.config.ts | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/vite/.env.example b/examples/vite/.env.example
index 3e87a2c891..0d106a471d 100644
--- a/examples/vite/.env.example
+++ b/examples/vite/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 VITE_STREAM_KEY=""
 VITE_USER_TOKEN=""
-VITE_USER_ID=""
\ No newline at end of file
+VITE_USER_ID=""
+STREAM_CHAT_JS_PATH=""
diff --git a/examples/vite/vite.config.ts b/examples/vite/vite.config.ts
index 55d4f8167d..324fc1dc92 100644
--- a/examples/vite/vite.config.ts
+++ b/examples/vite/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,76 @@
+import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
+import { dirname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from 'vite';
 import babel from 'vite-plugin-babel';
 import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react';
 
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
+
+// Resolve the actual installed package root from the example app's dependency graph.
+// This avoids assuming a fixed sibling-repo layout and works with portal/symlinked installs.
+const getPackageRoot = (packageName: string, fromDirectory: string) => {
+  const packageEntry = require.resolve(packageName, { paths: [fromDirectory] });
+  let currentDirectory = dirname(packageEntry);
+
+  while (true) {
+    const packageJsonPath = resolve(currentDirectory, 'package.json');
+
+    if (existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
+      const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf8')) as {
+        name?: string;
+      };
+
+      if (packageJson.name === packageName) {
+        return currentDirectory;
+      }
+    }
+
+    const parentDirectory = dirname(currentDirectory);
+
+    if (parentDirectory === currentDirectory) {
+      throw new Error(`Could not locate package root for "${packageName}"`);
+    }
+
+    currentDirectory = parentDirectory;
+  }
+};
+
 // https://vitejs.dev/config/
-export default defineConfig(() => {
+export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
   const rootDir = process.cwd();
+  const streamChatReactRoot = getPackageRoot('stream-chat-react', rootDir);
 
   // Load shared .env file
-  const env = loadEnv('', rootDir, '');
+  const env = loadEnv(mode, rootDir, '');
+  const streamChatJsRoot = env.STREAM_CHAT_JS_PATH
+    ? resolve(rootDir, env.STREAM_CHAT_JS_PATH)
+    : undefined;
+  const localStreamChatEntry = streamChatJsRoot
+    ? resolve(streamChatJsRoot, 'dist/esm/index.mjs')
+    : undefined;
+
+  if (localStreamChatEntry && !existsSync(localStreamChatEntry)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `STREAM_CHAT_JS_PATH must point to a built stream-chat-js checkout. Missing ${localStreamChatEntry}`,
+    );
+  }
+
   return {
     plugins: [
+      ...(localStreamChatEntry
+        ? [
+            {
+              enforce: 'pre' as const,
+              name: 'resolve-local-stream-chat',
+              resolveId(source: string) {
+                if (source === 'stream-chat') {
+                  return localStreamChatEntry;
+                }
+              },
+            },
+          ]
+        : []),
       react(),
       babel({
         babelConfig: {
@@ -20,5 +81,21 @@ export default defineConfig(() => {
     define: {
       'process.env': env, // need `process.env` access
     },
+    optimizeDeps: {
+      // Keep local `stream-chat` out of Vite's prebundle so the browser loads the
+      // SDK build directly and DevTools can follow its sourcemaps back to source files.
+      // Its local ESM build still imports a few CommonJS deps that need Vite interop.
+      include: ['base64-js', 'form-data', 'isomorphic-ws', 'axios'],
+      exclude: localStreamChatEntry ? ['stream-chat'] : [],
+    },
+    server: {
+      fs: {
+        allow: [
+          rootDir,
+          streamChatReactRoot,
+          ...(streamChatJsRoot ? [streamChatJsRoot] : []),
+        ],
+      },
+    },
   };
 });