Nest doesnt want to compile dist correctly

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current behavior

Nest does not compile the dist folder correctly. I first encountered this problem when nest stopped updating my code, after a few hours I opened the dist folder:

dist
  config
  server/src <- here are app module and auth module
  tsconfig.build.tsbuildinfo

when I run npm run start or npm run start:dev I get an error:

Error: Cannot find module 'C:\Users\server\dist\main'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename(node: internal/modules/cjs/loader:933:15)
    in Function.Module._load(node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:778:27)
    at Function.executeUserEntryPoint [as runMain](node:internal/modules/run_main:81:12)
    on node: internal/main/run_main_module:17:47

and it’s true, main is in the dist/server/src folder which has been compiled into three files main.d.ts, main.js, main.js.map but I don’t understand why the root folder of the server is duplicated and files without the root folder are not compiled (for example, just dist/main)

before that all i saw was that nest didn’t want to update my files, then i removed dist, ran npm run build to update my code but no success, nest created server folder (why?), and after that when i ran start i had the same error

Minimum reproduction code

https://github.com/lohevol/nestjs-issue/

Steps to reproduce

1. npm run start:dev
2. try to update anything
3. see what nothing doesnt update or
4. npm run start:dev
5. delete dist (what i did when code stopped to update)
6. npm run build (i thought it can help to update)
7. npm run start:dev
8. See error

Expected behavior

what nest compile files without server folder, just dist/main, dist/app.module, etc.

Package

• I don’t know. Or some 3rd-party package
• @nestjs/common
• @nestjs/core
• @nestjs/microservices
• @nestjs/platform-express
• @nestjs/platform-fastify
• @nestjs/platform-socket.io
• @nestjs/platform-ws
• @nestjs/testing
• @nestjs/websockets
• Other (see below)

Other package

no

NestJS version

8.0.0

Packages versions

{
  "name": "server",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "description": "",
  "author": "",
  "private": true,
  "license": "UNLICENSED",
  "scripts": {
    "prebuild": "rimraf dist",
    "build": "nest build",
    "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"test/**/*.ts\"",
    "start": "nest start",
    "start:dev": "nest start --watch",
    "start:debug": "nest start --debug --watch",
    "start:prod": "node dist/main",
    "lint": "eslint \"{src,apps,libs,test}/**/*.ts\" --fix",
    "test": "jest",
    "test:watch": "jest --watch",
    "test:cov": "jest --coverage",
    "test:debug": "node --inspect-brk -r tsconfig-paths/register -r ts-node/register node_modules/.bin/jest --runInBand",
    "test:e2e": "jest --config ./test/jest-e2e.json"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@nestjs/common": "^8.0.0",
    "@nestjs/core": "^8.0.0",
    "@nestjs/mongoose": "^9.0.2",
    "@nestjs/platform-express": "^8.0.0",
    "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
    "class-validator": "^0.13.2",
    "mongoose": "^6.2.4",
    "reflect-metadata": "^0.1.13",
    "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
    "rxjs": "^7.2.0"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nestjs/cli": "^8.0.0",
    "@nestjs/schematics": "^8.0.0",
    "@nestjs/testing": "^8.0.0",
    "@types/express": "^4.17.13",
    "@types/jest": "27.4.1",
    "@types/node": "^16.0.0",
    "@types/supertest": "^2.0.11",
    "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.0.0",
    "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.0.0",
    "eslint": "^8.0.1",
    "jest": "^27.2.5",
    "source-map-support": "^0.5.20",
    "supertest": "^6.1.3",
    "ts-jest": "^27.0.3",
    "ts-loader": "^9.2.3",
    "ts-node": "^10.0.0",
    "tsconfig-paths": "^3.10.1",
    "typescript": "^4.3.5"
  },
  "jest": {
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "js",
      "json",
      "ts"
    ],
    "rootDir": "src",
    "testRegex": ".*\\.spec\\.ts$",
    "transform": {
      "^.+\\.(t|j)s$": "ts-jest"
    },
    "collectCoverageFrom": [
      "**/*.(t|j)s"
    ],
    "coverageDirectory": "../coverage",
    "testEnvironment": "node"
  }
}

Node.js version

16.13.2

In which operating systems have you tested?

• macOS
• Windows
• Linux

Other

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