installing plugins will reset UI to default and not reflect already present changes made

[ionics]

Describe the bug

• UI changes reflected after "make build"
• UI changes lost after "./answer build --with example-plugin"

A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. ./answer init -C answer-data/
2. ./answer run -C answer-data/ => UI changes still present ✅ This is what we want.
3. Install plugin via cmd: ./answer build --with github.com/apache/incubator-answer-plugins/search-elasticsearch --with github.com/apache/incubator-answer-plugins/cache-redis
4. Restart app: ./answer run -C answer-data/ => Plugins got installed, but UI changes lost and set to default. 💥

Installing plugins will reset UI to default.

Expected behavior

Installing plugins should not reset UI to default.

Platform

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS
Release: 22.04
Codename: jammy

answer version 1.3.5
revision: 3ce6925
build time: 1721985092

[LinkinStars]

@ionics In step3, you can try to use ANSWER_MODULE=/your-local-answer-source-code-path/incubator-answer ./answer build --with .....

It will use your local code instead of the remote code to build.

[zahash]

@LinkinStars what remote code?
also, @ionics can you describe what UI changes you made?

[LinkinStars]

@LinkinStars what remote code? also, @ionics can you describe what UI changes you made?

The remote code is the code that in github repo. Setting the ANSWER_MODULE environment variable allows the user to compile the plugin from local code. Because this user has modified the local UI code, it needs to be built from local.

[ionics]

@zahash with UI changes i was refering to changes to CSS and style code.

changes present with "run command" but gone after installing plugin via cmd:

./answer build --with github.com/apache/incubator-answer-plugins/search-elasticsearch --with github.com/apache/incubator-answer-plugins/cache-redis

check my post above.

Kind regards.