microsoft / microsoft/react-native-windows
Metro complains about file not found on "code"
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Area: Developer Experience
Area: JavaScript Engine
bug
Workstream: Developer Experience
- Dominant language
- C++
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Description

Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the attached screenshot and reproducing the Metro file-not-found complaint when using "code" in react-native-windows. Identify the relevant Metro or launch entry point from the reproduction; done means the same command no longer reports the missing file.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- react-native
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100