The Mix manifest does not exist when it does exist

Question

For my admin panel I extract all the assets including the manifest-json.js to mix.setPublicPath(path.normalize(\'public/backend/\')).

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Answer 1

The problem I faced was that the mix()-helper function by default looks for the manifest-json file in /public/manifest-json.js so if you store that file on any other directory level then it will throw that error.

Let's say the manifest-json file is stored in public/app/manifest-json.js, then for a file located in public/app/css/app.css you would use:

The mix()-helper function allows for a second argument, the directory of the manifest file. Just specify it there and it will use the correct manifest file.