webpack-cleanup-plugin-morinted

webpack-cleanup-plugin

This webpack plugin cleans up the extraneous files from the webpack's output path.

Since it runs when the compile process is finished, it is useful when you build on production and you want to remove the assets generated by a previous build.

npm install webpack-cleanup-plugin --save-dev

Beware! This plugins actually delete files. Make sure it's safe for your app to delete files not generated by webpack. Use the exclude option if you want to keep files that are not webpack assets.

Usage

Add the plugin to the plugins array in your webpack's config, e.g.:

{
  output: {
    path: "/my/output/path"
  },
  plugins: [
    // Remove all the files from /my/output/path that are not generated by the
    // the current instance of the webpack compiler
    new WebpackCleanupPlugin()
  ]
}

If you want to keep some files, e.g. a stats.json file generated from some other plugins, use the exclude option:

plugins: [
  // Remove all but stats.json and important.json
  new WebpackCleanupPlugin({
    exclude: ["stats.json", "important.js"]
  })
]