There seems to be an issue when running webpack on the configuration created by webpack-cli. Apparently, webpack-cli does not create an absolute path for dist where webpack expects it.
What is the current behavior?
$ webpack-cli
Insecure about some of the questions?
https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/blob/master/INIT.md
? Will you be creating multiple bundles? No
? Which module will be the first to enter the application? index.js
? Which folder will your generated bundles be in? [default: dist]:
? Are you going to use this in production? No
? Will you be using ES2015? Yes
? Will you use one of the below CSS solutions? No
? If you want to bundle your CSS files, what will you name the bundle? (press enter to skip)
? Name your 'webpack.[name].js?' [default: 'config']:
test@1.0.0 /Users/svenvandescheur/Desktop/test
├── babel-core@6.24.1
├── babel-loader@7.0.0
└── babel-preset-env@1.4.0
npm WARN test@1.0.0 No description
npm WARN test@1.0.0 No repository field.
Congratulations! Your new webpack configuration file has been created!
$ webpack
Invalid configuration object. Webpack has been initialised using a configuration object that does not match the API schema.
- configuration.output.path: The provided value "./dist" is not an absolute path!
$ webpack -v
2.5.1
$ webpack-cli -v
1.3.1
$ node -v
v6.2.2
$ cat webpack.config.js
const webpack = require('webpack');
/*
* We've enabled UglifyJSPlugin for you! This minifies your app
* in order to load faster and run less javascript.
*
* https://github.com/webpack-contrib/uglifyjs-webpack-plugin
*
*/
const UglifyJSPlugin = require('uglifyjs-webpack-plugin');
module.exports = {
entry: 'index.js',
output: {
filename: '[name].bundle.js',
path: './dist'
},
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'babel-loader',
options: {
presets: ['es2015']
}
}
]
},
plugins: [new UglifyJSPlugin()]
};
There seems to be an issue when running webpack on the configuration created by webpack-cli. Apparently, webpack-cli does not create an absolute path for dist where webpack expects it.
What is the current behavior?
$ webpack-cli
$ webpack
$ webpack -v
$ webpack-cli -v
$ node -v
$ cat webpack.config.js