Laravel and Vite: Fixing Manifest Issues After Upgrade
Introduction
After upgrading to Vite 6 in a Laravel project, you might encounter issues with the location of the manifest.json file. The laravel-vite-plugin version 0.8 expects the manifest in build/manifest.json, but Vite 6 outputs it to .vite/manifest.json. This discrepancy can break asset loading in your application.
The Problem: Manifest File Location
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