Warning: "main and preload config is missing"

[FunctionDJ]

I like to use defaults as much as possible / as little custom config as possible.

The docs show the following as the most basic config file:

// electron.vite.config.js
export default {
  main: {
    // vite config options
  },
  preload: {
    // vite config options
  },
  renderer: {
    // vite config options
  }
}

This config doesn't work and running npx electron-vite prints something like the following error:

 ERROR  An entry point is required in the electron vite main config, which can be specified using "build.lib.entry" or "build.rollupOptions.input".

Well, there are defaults as specified further down on the docs page.

It's just that specifying main: {} overwrites these defaults, so if someone wants to use e.g. the default build.lib.entry, they need to remove the main property altogether.

When I remove the main and preload properties the build.lib.entry is found, however running npx electron-vite will print the following warning:

main and preload config is missing

So I'm confused now. As far as I can tell I have these options:

• use the defaults, but get a warning
• not use the defaults, but then what's the point of having them?

Are defaults encouraged or not? Should I omit the main and preload properties? What are the approved paths here?

[FunctionDJ]

I noticed that I never deleted ./out which might be why removing the main and preload properties "worked" (they didn't get updated I think).