Versions

• nuxt: v2.15.3
• node: v12.16.3

Reproduction

https://github.com/andrewspy/nuxt-app-runtime-config

  publicRuntimeConfig: {
    app: {
      name: '$config.app.name',
    },
    name: '$config.name',
  },

Steps to reproduce

• See repo.
• yarn dev

What is Expected?

$config.app should not be overridden.

What is actually happening?

nuxt overrides $config.app with the following:

  "app": {
    "basePath": "/",
    "assetsPath": "/_nuxt/",
    "cdnURL": null
  },