Html-webpack-plugin: Favicon with hash

Created on 29 Jun 2016 · 5Comments · Source: jantimon/html-webpack-plugin

https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/blob/master/index.js#L410

Says that with option hash: true, It would add a hash to favicons. After several tests, I realized that javascript and css files contains a hash, but favicons don't. Maybe is this a bug?

My config:

new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
    filename: 'index.html',
    template: 'index.html',
    favicon: 'favicon.ico',
    hash: true
})

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victorwpbastos

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Is there any update on this?

MikeYermolayev on 22 Sep 2016

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Hm don't know why but you could use the https://github.com/jantimon/favicons-webpack-plugin - it will generate a hashed filename if needed.

jantimon on 29 Jun 2016

Why was this issue closed? The error still persists.

victorwpbastos on 30 Jun 2016

Is there any update on this?

MikeYermolayev on 22 Sep 2016

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I think it's important to note that even if the hash did work for favicon, it is a compilation hash and not a content hash. The hash is also appended via query string as opposed to appending to the file name. Neither of these qualities are ideal for caching so I suggest users either create a PR fix or find an alterntative solution (that's what I'm doing). This library has been great for generating the html and I'm going to leave its purpose at that.