Babel-loader: babelrc: false option not working

[iapYang]

I've got an issue, I've added babel:false but not working.

{
            test: /\.js(x)?$/,
            use: [{
                loader: 'babel-loader',
                options: {
                    babelrc: false,
                    presets: [
                        [
                            require('babel-preset-es2015'),
                        ],
                        require('babel-preset-stage-3'),
                    ],
                    plugins: [
                        require('babel-plugin-transform-object-rest-spread'),
                        require('babel-plugin-transform-class-properties'),
                        require('babel-plugin-syntax-dynamic-import'),
                    ],
                },
            }],
            exclude: /node_module/,
        },

When I run webpack, it still read .babelrc options, what's wrong with it?

Thanks!
Webpack Version:
2.5.1

Babel Core Version:
6.24.1

Babel Loader Version:
7.0.0

Please tell us about your environment:
OSX 10.x

Current behavior:
babelrc: false not working still read .babelrc

Expected/desired behavior:
not reading .babelrc only read options from babel-loader

[thecodegoddess]

I am having the same issue as well.

[iapYang]

@thecodegoddess
Are u using it with vue? I've found that vue-loader only use .babelrc.
But I've found some solution for it.

[thecodegoddess]

no, not with vue.

[Couto]

I'm having a hard time to replicate your problem, can you provide a small project example please?

[iapYang]

@Couto

Thanks a lot! Just figure out how this error happens with vue.
I test code in .js files it worked really fine, but in .vue files it fails.
I update the code like this and works.

plugins: [
        new webpack.LoaderOptionsPlugin({
            options: {
                vue: {
                    loaders: {
                        js: `babel-loader?${JSON.stringify(babelOptions)}`,
                    },   
                },
            },
        }),
    ],

But I don't know @thecodegoddess 's promblem, maybe you can @thecodegoddess .

Thanks!

[stefanhayden]

I had the same issue where I could not get babelrc: false to work. The solution I am working on at the moment is to change the name of the .babelrc file to something else (._babelrc) so babel-loader can't find it and then pass the config in by hand like this:

server.babel.js

const fs = require('fs');
const babelrc = fs.readFileSync('./._babelrc');
const config = JSON.parse(babelrc);

require('babel-core/register')(config);

and then require that at the top of any init file I have for the rest of my code like this:

index.js

require('./server.babel');
const server = require('./server');
server();

but non of this would be necessary if I understood where in the webpack config to use babelrc: false assuming it works at all.

[bobbysmith007]

I was trying to get Webpack / Babel-loader / react all working today and had a bunch of issues with version 7.1.0.

First read and exist were both required with parens, meaning including index.js was causing exceptions:
var read = require("./utils/read")();

After I fixed that (by removing the parens as in the latest version), I started running into this tickets error. On my version I changed line 117 to read:
babelrc: loaderOptions.babelrc && (exists(loaderOptions.babelrc) ? read(loaderOptions.babelrc) : resolveRc(path.dirname(filename))),
which seems to effectively allow the process to proceed. I am passing in the full babel rc as loaderOptions (as I was trying to get any of this to work all day). Tomorrow I will try checking out the latest version and see if I can make better process. With all those changes though, I was able to use webpack/babel/react and compile the jsx files into modules.

[bobbysmith007]

Not sure if anyone wants to merge that patch, but it should restore the ability to pass babelrc=false to skip reading a config file and since I had already tracked that down and patched it, I figured I would offer it.

[mightyiam]

Is there a test for this? It seems I'm getting this in v7.1.5.

[geminiyellow]

still not working.

[nathanchere]

Still still not working :P

[mohsenuss91]

where can I find babelrc: false option? in which file please!

[mightyiam]

@mohsenuss91 there's an example in the issue description.