Optimizing bower_components

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I'm having trouble using r.js to optimize modules in the bower_components/ directory.

My basic project directory structure looks like this:

- bower_components/
- src/
  - activities/
  - client/

...and the r.js configuration lists the following details:

({
  appDir: 'src',
  baseUrl: 'client',
  dir: 'out',
  modules: [
    { name: 'scripts/main' },
    /* (+ more) */
  ]
})

I'd like to optimize the file bower_components/socket.io-client/dist/socket.io, which is outside the baseUrl. As recommended in the "Common Pitfalls" section of the Optimizer guide, I'm trying to define a path for the file:

 ({
   appDir: 'src',
   baseUrl: 'client',
   dir: 'out',
+  paths: {
+    'socket.io': '../../bower_components/socket.io-client/dist/socket.io'
+  },
   modules: [
     { name: 'scripts/main' },
     /* (+ more) */
+    { name: 'socket.io' }
   ]
 })

...but this yields the following error:

Running "requirejs:prod" (requirejs) task
{ [Error: Error: Module ID 'socket.io' has a source path that is same as output path: /home/mike/projects/bocoup/cee/cee/bower_components/socket.io-client/dist/socket.io.js. Stopping, config is malformed.
    at /home/mike/projects/bocoup/cee/cee/node_modules/grunt-contrib-requirejs/node_modules/requirejs/bin/r.js:26000:39
]
  originalError: [Error: Module ID 'socket.io' has a source path that is same as output path: /home/mike/projects/bocoup/cee/cee/bower_components/socket.io-client/dist/socket.io.js. Stopping, config is malformed.] }

It seems like the point of the path config indirection is so that the optimizer will not attempt to create a file outside the output directory. At the same time, this is clearly not happening. Am I doing something wrong? Or is this not something r.js is capable of?

hi friend, i came across the problem too, as i saw you questioned long time back, could i know how did u solve this. thanks so much.