data.json contents are not included as part of bundle

[sanagrwl]

Hello folks,

I can't seem to package the contents of data.json file in the final bundle using eopa. Rego files get packaged correctly, but the data.json files seems to be ignored.

Regular opa works as expected.

Steps

1. Directory structure:

├── .manifest
└── env_data
    └── dev
        └── data.json

2. .manifest file contents:

{
    "revision": "local",
    "roots": [
        "env_data/dev"
    ],
    "rego_version": 1
}

3. env_data/dev/data.json contents:

{
    "a": "b"
}

4. Build bundle

eopa build -b .

Result - Contents of data.json in the generated bundle are {}.

5. Remove the -b, --bundle flag.

eopa build .
Warning: .manifest file found in "." but -b flag not specified. Manifest will be ignored.
# .manifest file gets overwriiten to {"revision":"","roots":[""],"rego_version":1}

Result - Contents of data.json in the generated bundle are packaged correctly but the manifest file is overwritten.

eopa version

Version: 1.43.2
OPA Version: 1.8.0
Regal Version: 0.35.2-0.20250826194016-c761047a0473
Build Timestamp: 2025-09-05T16:19:56Z
Platform: darwin/arm64

[srenatus]

Hey, thanks for the report.

As a rule of thumb, we've usually relied on opa build to build the vanilla bundle, and eopa bundle convert to convert it into an EOPA bundle. This could be a workaround for you, too.

But, no question, eopa build should work the same. Thanks again!

[sanagrwl]

Hey, yup. Thats what I am doing at the moment. Just trying to avoid use of 2 different CLIs.