copy-webpack-plugin
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The copy-webpack-plugin is a webpack plugin that allows you to copy files and directories from one location to another within your build process. It is commonly used to copy static assets such as images, fonts, and HTML files to the output directory defined in your webpack configuration.
Copying individual files or entire directories
This feature allows you to copy individual files or entire directories from a specified source to a destination within your output directory. The 'from' field specifies the relative or absolute path to the source file or directory, and the 'to' field specifies the relative path to the destination within the output directory.
new CopyPlugin({ patterns: [{ from: 'source', to: 'dest' }] })Ignoring files
This feature allows you to exclude specific files or patterns from being copied. In the provided code sample, all JavaScript files are ignored and will not be copied to the destination.
new CopyPlugin({ patterns: [{ from: 'source', to: 'dest', globOptions: { ignore: ['**/*.js'] } }] })Adding context to file paths
This feature allows you to specify a context for the file paths. The 'context' option sets a base path for the 'from' property. In the code sample, the actual path that will be copied is 'app/source'.
new CopyPlugin({ patterns: [{ from: 'source', to: 'dest', context: 'app' }] })Transforming file content
This feature allows you to modify the content of files before they are copied. The 'transform' function receives the content of the file and its path, and it should return the new content. This can be used to minify files, add banners, or perform other transformations.
new CopyPlugin({ patterns: [{ from: 'source', to: 'dest', transform: (content, path) => { return modifyContent(content); } }] })The file-loader resolves import/require() on a file into a url and emits the file into the output directory. It is similar to copy-webpack-plugin in that it helps manage static assets, but it is more focused on handling assets within the module system.
The html-webpack-plugin simplifies the creation of HTML files to serve your webpack bundles. It can copy HTML files and automatically inject script tags for bundle files. It differs from copy-webpack-plugin by focusing on HTML files and their dependencies.
The assets-webpack-plugin generates a JSON file with the assets produced by webpack. It is similar to copy-webpack-plugin in that it deals with the output of assets, but it does not copy files; instead, it provides a manifest of the generated assets.
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Copy files && directories with webpack
The npm package copy-webpack-plugin receives a total of 6,252,278 weekly downloads. As such, copy-webpack-plugin popularity was classified as popular.
We found that copy-webpack-plugin demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 3 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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