Copy Webpack Plugin

This is a webpack plugin that copies individual files or entire directories to the build directory.

Getting started

Install the plugin:

npm install --save-dev copy-webpack-plugin

Usage

new CopyWebpackPlugin([patterns], options)

A pattern looks like: { from: 'source', to: 'dest' }

Pattern properties:

• from
  • is required
  • can be an absolute or path relative to the context
  • can be a file or directory
  • can be a glob
• to
  • is optional
  • if not absolute, it's relative to the build root
  • must be a directory if from is a directory
• toType
  • is optional
  • is ignored if from is a directory
  • defaults to 'file' if to has an extension
  • defaults to 'dir' if to doesn't have an extension
• force
  • is optional
  • defaults to false
  • forces the plugin to overwrite files staged by previous plugins

Available options:

• ignore
  • an array of files and directories to ignore
  • accepts globs
  • globs are evaluated on the from path, relative to the context

Examples

var CopyWebpackPlugin = require('copy-webpack-plugin');
var path = require('path');

module.exports = {
    context: path.join(__dirname, 'app'),
    plugins: [
        new CopyWebpackPlugin([
            // {output}/file.txt
            { from: 'from/file.txt' },
            
            // {output}/to/file.txt
            { from: 'from/file.txt', to: 'to/file.txt' },
            
            // {output}/to/directory/file.txt
            { from: 'from/file.txt', to: 'to/directory' },

            // Copy directory contents to {output}/
            { from: 'from/directory' },
            
            // Copy directory contents to {output}/to/directory/
            { from: 'from/directory', to: 'to/directory' },
            
            // Copy glob results to /absolute/path/
            { from: 'from/directory/**/*', to: '/absolute/path' },
            
            // {output}/file/without/extension
            {
                from: 'path/to/file.txt',
                to: 'file/without/extension',
                toType: 'file'
            },
            
            // {output}/directory/with/extension.ext/file.txt
            {
                from: 'path/to/file.txt',
                to: 'directory/with/extension.ext',
                toType: 'dir'
            }
        ], {
            ignore: [
                // Doesn't copy any files with a txt extension    
                '*.txt',
                
                // Doesn't copy any file, even if they start with a dot
                { glob: '**/*', dot: true }
            ]
        })
    ]
};

Testing

Run npm test

License

MIT