`deploy-url` is not prepended to imported file url when using `file` loader in `esbuild`
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Description
### Command
build
### Is this a regression?
- [x] Yes, this behavior used to work in the previous version
### The previous version in which this bug was not present was
any webpack-based build
### Description
When using Angular v21 with the new `esbuild` builder, and using a `file` loader configured for certain file types (like SVG) the `--deploy-url` argument passed into the `build` command does not get prepended to the URL returned when importing a file of the said type, and there is no way to configure it to do so.
This was properly working previously with `webpack`, when loading of the SVG assets was configured with a rule like this:
```
{
test: /\.svg$/,
type: 'asset/resource',
generator: {
filename: '[name][hash][ext]',
},
}
```
Looks like with `esbuild` there is no way to achieve the same result, apart from manually adding `deploy-url` to imported URLs in runtime.
### Minimal Reproduction
1. Use `esbuild` application builder
2. Configure angular.json to use `file` loader to import a certain file type:
```
"loader": {
".svg": "file"
},
```
3. Build application using `ng build --deploy-url=/my-deploy-url/`
4. Import some SVG file in the app:
```
import mySvgUrl from './my-image.svg';
```
5. Observe: `mySvgUrl` does not have `/my-deploy-url/` prepended to it
### Exception or Error
No error
### Your Environment
```text
Angular CLI : 21.2.2
Angular : 21.2.4
Node.js : 24.8.0
Package Manager : npm 11.6.0
Operating System : darwin arm64
┌───────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────────┐
│ Package │ Installed Version │ Requested Version │
├───────────────────────────────────┼───────────────────┼───────────────────┤
│ @angular/animations │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/build │ 21.2.2 │ 21.2.2 │
│ @angular/cdk │ 21.2.2 │ 21.2.2 │
│ @angular/cli │ 21.2.2 │ 21.2.2 │
│ @angular/common │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/compiler │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/compiler-cli │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/core │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/elements │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/forms │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/localize │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/platform-browser │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/platform-browser-dynamic │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ @angular/router │ 21.2.4 │ 21.2.4 │
│ rxjs │ 7.8.2 │ 7.8.2 │
│ typescript │ 5.9.3 │ 5.9.3 │
│ vitest │ 4.0.18 │ 4.0.18 │
│ zone.js │ 0.16.0 │ 0.16.0 │
└───────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────┴───────────────────┘
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the esbuild application builder and its file-loader handling, using angular.json and the reproduced `ng build --deploy-url=/my-deploy-url/` command as entry points. Verify how an imported SVG URL is generated and compare it with the expected deploy URL behavior; done means the imported file URL includes the configured deploy URL without runtime workarounds.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- angular, typescript
- Domain
- build-system, cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100