name: lovable-vps-deploy-fix

description: Fix Vite build not generating script tags when deploying Lovable/TanStack Start React projects to VPS with nginx

category: devops

tags: [vite, lovable, tanstack-start, vps, deploy, nginx]

Lovable → VPS Deploy (Vite Build Fix)

Context

When deploying a Lovable/TanStack Start React project to a standard VPS (nginx), the Vite build fails to generate index.html with


  

`
Critical: This root index.html MUST have );
  writeFileSync(filePath, c);
}
const mainJs = getMainJs();
patch(join(root, 'dist', 'index.html'), mainJs);
patch(join(root, 'index.html'), mainJs);
`
Verification

`bash
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