Ensure vite-node doesn't load PostCSS config (#13489)

Author: markdalgleish

.changeset/little-cups-deliver.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@react-router/dev": patch
+---
+
+When executing `react-router.config.ts` and `routes.ts` with `vite-node`, ensure that PostCSS config files are ignored

packages/react-router-dev/vite/vite-node.ts

@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ export async function createContext({
     optimizeDeps: {
       noDiscovery: true,
     },
+    css: {
+      // This empty PostCSS config object prevents the PostCSS config file from
+      // being loaded. We don't need it in a React Router config context, and
+      // there's also an issue in Vite 5 when using a .ts PostCSS config file in
+      // an ESM project: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues/15869. Consumers
+      // can work around this in their own Vite config file, but they can't
+      // configure this internal usage of vite-node.
+      postcss: {},
+    },
     configFile: false,
     envFile: false,
     plugins: [],