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Base path with relative path fails to find templates

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#240 opened on Sep 19, 2020

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Description

Hi. I am using plop to generate a lot of boilerplate for my projects and it works great. Just encountered a scenario where,

THIS WORKS

{
                type: "addMany",
                destination: "./path/to/{{camelCase name}}",
                base: `my/templates`,
                templateFiles: "my/templates/**/*",
                stripExtensions: ["txt"],
                verbose: true,

 }

THIS DOES NOT WORK

{
                type: "addMany",
                destination: "./path/to/{{camelCase name}}",
                base: `./my/templates`,
                templateFiles: "my/templates/**/*",
                stripExtensions: ["txt"],
                verbose: true,

 }

The only difference is the prefix of ./ in the base config and plop is not able to find any files when using that. I am not sure if it is intended but thought i would let you know.

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javascriptnodejs
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toolingclideveloper experience
Issue type
bug
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2
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clear
Prerequisites
Basic Node.jsUnderstanding of plop addMany action
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80
Research direction
Investigate how the `base` option is processed in the `addMany` action. Look for where the base path is normalized or passed to path resolution functions. Likely in the plop source file handling addMany (e.g., `src/actions/addMany.js` or similar). The issue states that `./` prefix causes failure, so the fix may involve stripping or handling leading `./` to match the behavior without it. Check if there are any previously linked PRs or comments that discuss this.