Laravel-mix: [6.*] npx mix watch --hot gives Unknown argument

[oluwatosin-me]

• Laravel Mix Version: 6.0.0-beta.15 (npm list --depth=0)
• Node Version (node -v): 14.15.1
• NPM Version (npm -v): 6.14.8
• OS: windows

Description:

I get this error upon running the command

mix watch --hot
[webpack-cli] Unknown argument: --inline
[webpack-cli] Unknown argument: --disable-host-check

Steps To Reproduce:

npm install [email protected] -D
Then npx mix watch --hot

[oluwatosin-me]

I think I figured out the issue.
Review this merge https://github.com/JeffreyWay/laravel-mix/pull/2632
webpack-dev-server version 4.0.0-alpha removed both --inline and --disable-host-check flag
Please check their change log: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/releases/tag/v4.0.0-beta.0

[AhsanAbrar]

but what's the solution for laravel mix?

[oluwatosin-me]

a temporary fix is to run: npm install webpack-dev-server, which will install the stable version for now, but as soon as the pull request is merged, you should remove webpack-dev-server from package.json and update to the latest laravel-mix release.

[AhsanAbrar]

@oluwatosin-me thanks