webpack-plugin-buildinfo

webpack-buildinfo

Webpack buildinfo is a Webpack loader that injects build information into code.

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Configuration
  • esModule
  • all

Installation

yarn add -D webpack-plugin-buildinfo # yarn (recommended)

npm install --save-dev webpack-plugin-buildinfo # npm

Usage

ES6 Modules:

import buildinfo from "!webpack-plugin-buildinfo?gitHashShort&time!";

Node.JS require:

const buildinfo = require("!webpack-plugin-buildinfo?gitHashShort&time!");

You can then use the buildinfo object like so:

console.log(
    `MyCoolProject v${buildinfo.gitHashShort} compiled at ${new Date(
        buildinfo.time
    ).toISOString()}`
);

Configuration

Change the import string with the flags to set. E.g. "!webpack-plugin-buildinfo?flag1&flag2&flag3!"

For more up to date information see the source code.

esModule

Type: boolean
Default: true
Description: Whether or not to use ES6 module syntax for output (i.e. export default instead of module.exports =)

all

Type: boolean
Default: false
Description: Override to enable all of the below flags.

The following flags are all booleans, with a default of false.

Name	Description	Example
gitHash	Full git hash of the current commit, as of build time. This is the hash of your project.	"46030d85f6f1f1eaf62578e410e8cd83ddbcc28c"
gitHashShort	Same as above, but only the first 7 letters/numbers.	"46030d8"
time	The number of milliseconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.	1605960299010
platform	OS Platform	"win32"
arch	OS Arch	"x64"
cpus	Array of all the cpus	See documentation
hostname	Computer hostname	"Computer1234"
freemem	The amount of free system memory in bytes as an integer.	18772148224
totalmem	The total amount of system memory in bytes as an integer.	34274238464
userInfo	An object containing the uid, gid, shell, homedir, and username of the current user.	See documentation
networkInterfaces	An array of all the network interfaces.	See documentation
webpackVersion	Webpack version	"5.6.0"
nodeVersion	Node.js version	"12.19.0"
npmVersion	npm version	"6.14.8"
yarnVersion	Yarn version	"2.3.3"