`srcExclude` doesn't work with `vitepress dev`

[Veetaha]

Describe the bug

I tried this config:

{
   srcExclude: [
        "./README.md",
        "./infra/**"
    ],
}

But it doesn't work, I still see a web page generated at /README and at /infra/README. The source code of my project is here

Reproduction

git clone git@github.com:elastio/bon.git
cd bon/website
npm install

Then add the config mentioned above to .vitepress/config.mts, and start the dev server:

npm run dev

I also tried **/README.md and **/infra/**, it didn't help.

Expected behavior

There should be no /README and infra/README pages generated.

System Info

System:
    OS: Linux 5.15 Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
    CPU: (16) x64 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor
    Memory: 54.58 GB / 62.72 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.8.1 - /usr/bin/zsh
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.10.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/node
    npm: 10.2.3 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 8.13.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/pnpm
  npmPackages:
    vitepress: ^1.4.1 => 1.4.1 

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[brc-dd]

Seems to work fine for me:

(see no infra directory or README.html file is generated)

The other one also works:

This should also work:

    srcExclude: ["README.md", "infra/**"]

[Veetaha]

Indeed, I think that's an issue with vitepress dev then?

[brc-dd]

In dev, those paths won't be discovered by default, but if you access those paths, vite won't block them either.

[Veetaha]

I see, so this is expected in dev mode? I did just manually enter the URL path. I suppose there could be a note about this quirck in the docs

[brc-dd]

You can restrict them though if you want:

    vite: {
        server: {
            fs: {
                deny: ["README.md", "infra/**"],
            },
        },
    },

[Veetaha]

Yeah, I see, I just wasn't aware of how dev mode differs in this regard. Frankly, I know nothing about vite though 😅, I just tried the srcExclude option and thought to test it in dev mode.