include assets from external library

[midhunmohan]

Command (mark with an x)

- [ ] new
- [ ] build
- [x] serve
- [ ] test
- [ ] e2e
- [ ] generate
- [ ] add
- [ ] update
- [ ] lint
- [ ] xi18n
- [ ] run
- [ ] config
- [ ] help
- [ ] version
- [ ] doc

Versions

Angular CLI: 6.1.5
Node: 8.9.1
OS: linux x64
Angular: 6.1.10
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package Version

@angular-devkit/architect 0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-angular 0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer 0.7.5
@angular-devkit/build-webpack 0.7.5
@angular-devkit/core 0.7.5
@angular-devkit/schematics 0.7.5
@angular/cli 6.1.5
@ngtools/webpack 6.1.5
@schematics/angular 0.7.5
@schematics/update 0.7.5
rxjs 6.3.3
typescript 2.7.2
webpack 4.9.2

Repro steps

include assets from external library via angular.json

{
"assets": [
              "src/favicon.ico",
              "src/assets",
              { "glob": "**/*.png", "input": "./node_modules/<your-node-module>/<possibly-subfolders>/", "output": "./assets/" }
            ]
}

The log given by the failure

during ng serve unable to access the assets included from one of the node_modules

Desired functionality

During ng build assets are copied to the desired location and everything works.
But during ng serve how we should refer these assets in our code?

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