fix(nx/edit-docs): rebuild script not working properly

Author: eliandoran

apps/edit-docs/package.json

@@ -14,28 +14,26 @@
   "nx": {
     "name": "edit-docs",
     "targets": {
-      "postbuild": {
+      "rebuild-deps": {
         "executor": "nx:run-commands",
-        "dependsOn": [
-          "build"
-        ],
+        "dependsOn": [ "build" ],
         "defaultConfiguration": "default",
         "cache": true,
         "configurations": {
           "default": {
-            "command": "electron-rebuild",
-            "cwd": "{projectRoot}/dist"
+            "command": "cross-env DEBUG=* tsx scripts/rebuild.ts",
+            "cwd": "{projectRoot}"
           },
           "nixos": {
-            "command": "electron-rebuild -v $(nix-shell -p electron_35 --run \"electron --version\")",
-            "cwd": "{projectRoot}/dist"
+            "command": "electron-rebuild -f -v $(nix-shell -p electron_35 --run \"electron --version\") dist/main.js -m dist",
+            "cwd": "{projectRoot}"
           }
-        }
+        }        
       },
       "serve": {
         "executor": "nx:run-commands",
         "dependsOn": [
-          "postbuild"
+          "rebuild-deps"
         ],
         "defaultConfiguration": "default",
         "configurations": {

apps/edit-docs/scripts/rebuild.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * @module
+ *
+ * This script is used internally by the `rebuild-deps` target of the `desktop`. Normally we could use
+ * `electron-rebuild` CLI directly, but it would rebuild the monorepo-level dependencies and breaks
+ * the server build (and it doesn't expose a CLI option to override this).
+ */
+
+// TODO: Deduplicate with apps/desktop/scripts/rebuild.ts.
+
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { dirname, join } from "path";
+import rebuild from "@electron/rebuild"
+import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+
+const scriptDir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const rootDir = join(scriptDir, "..");
+
+function getElectronVersion() {
+    const packageJsonPath = join(rootDir, "package.json");
+    const packageJson = JSON.parse(readFileSync(packageJsonPath, "utf-8"));
+    return packageJson.devDependencies.electron;
+}
+
+function main() {
+    const distDir = join(rootDir, "dist");
+
+    rebuild({
+        // We force the project root path to avoid electron-rebuild from rebuilding the monorepo-level dependency and breaking the server.
+        projectRootPath: distDir,
+        buildPath: distDir,
+        force: true,
+        electronVersion: getElectronVersion(),
+    });
+}
+
+main();