Copy-webpack-plugin: [Feature] Passing throw loaders

[andreicek]

Hi,

is it possible for the files to go thru the loaders? This way we can get fingerprinting of files, and etc.

Thanks

[jschroed91]

+1 on this - I have the same question. I'll post if I find a solution

[kevlened]

Maybe? This needs some investigation, but for now, you can perform file content modifications using the transform option.

[zonika]

@kevlened how would that work?
For example, i want to compile a less file and then copy it into the build directory. (not using ExtractTextPlugin as I need to keep the files separate from one another and will link them in the html header using react-helmet only after a response from the server)

[sag1v]

@zonika i'm searching for the same thing (i think). copy less files but transform them to css while keeping the same structure. have you found a solution?

[DanielRuf]

Still relevant.

[DanielRuf]

See https://github.com/Klathmon/imagemin-webpack-plugin#example-usage

[IAMtheIAM]

This is still needed. Because using a loader doesnt work if you don't require() or import the file anywhere into the app.

[yuhr]

Any update on this?

[alexander-akait]

@yuhr can you describe use case for this?

[yuhr]

@evilebottnawi html-webpack-plugin does some kind of this. I want to use the same loaders to perform transforming arbitrary files that are not required by js as if they're required. For example I have src/*.md and want them to be transformed into dst/[name].html applying PostHTML plugins, with markdown-it-loader and posthtml-loader, and at the same time I have to require some other .mds that are transformed in the same way. I don't think it's simple that I need another system i.e. the transform option in order to achieve the same task as loaders.

[alexander-akait]

Impossible due design reason, anyway we implement new hook in webpack for copy plugin before minimize step, it is allow to minimize/compress assets and change their in other hooks