Assets inline does not work version 4.3.9

[idanaim]

Describe the bug

I create a new project with "vite create" cli, and I saw that vitejs icon weight 1.5k (located in public folder).
I build the project and expected that the icon will be inline in base64.
instead its on the dist folder.

Reproduction

npm create vite@latest

Steps to reproduce

npm create vite@latest

npm run build

System Info

System:
    OS: macOS 13.4.1
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 108.63 MB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.9 - /bin/zsh
  npmPackages:
    @types/react: ^18.0.37 => 18.2.14 
    @types/react-dom: ^18.0.11 => 18.2.6 
    @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin: ^5.59.0 => 5.60.1 
    @typescript-eslint/parser: ^5.59.0 => 5.60.1 
    @vitejs/plugin-react: ^4.0.0 => 4.0.1 
    eslint: ^8.38.0 => 8.43.0 
    eslint-plugin-react-hooks: ^4.6.0 => 4.6.0 
    eslint-plugin-react-refresh: ^0.3.4 => 0.3.5 
    react: ^18.2.0 => 18.2.0 
    react-dom: ^18.2.0 => 18.2.0 
    typescript: ^5.0.2 => 5.1.6 
    vite: ^4.3.9 => 4.3.9

Used Package Manager

npm

Logs

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[sapphi-red]

This is expected. Public directory is a feature for that.
https://vitejs.dev/guide/assets.html#the-public-directory

[idanaim]

I moved them to src/assets and still it doesn't inline the svg files. am I missing something?

[patak-dev]

Vite currently doesn't inline SVG files, you can track the resolution of this issue here:

• Support inlining SVG assets #1204