I'm trying to use CopyWebpackPlugin to copy some files out of my node_modules folder and into my build folder.
new CopyWebpackPlugin([
{ from: 'node_modules/accounting/**', to: 'vendor/npm/' },
{ from: 'node_modules/angular/**', to: 'vendor/npm/' },
I would expect this to output to my build folder /build/vendor/npm/accounting and build/vendor/npm/angular respectively, but instead a node_modules folder is created - the files are actually outputted to build/vendor/npm/node_modules/accounting.
How can I prevent the node_modules folder being created and get my expected output?
I'm trying to use CopyWebpackPlugin to copy some files out of my node_modules folder and into my build folder.
new CopyWebpackPlugin([
{ from: 'node_modules/accounting/**', to: 'vendor/npm/' },
{ from: 'node_modules/angular/**', to: 'vendor/npm/' },
I would expect this to output to my build folder /build/vendor/npm/accounting and build/vendor/npm/angular respectively, but instead a node_modules folder is created - the files are actually outputted to build/vendor/npm/node_modules/accounting.
How can I prevent the node_modules folder being created and get my expected output?
Share Improve this question edited Oct 2, 2018 at 15:12 CD-jS asked Oct 2, 2018 at 14:11 CD-jSCD-jS 1,1191 gold badge15 silver badges33 bronze badges2 Answers
Reset to default 4For future reference, the actual correct answer is that I needed context -
{ from: 'accounting/**', to: 'vendor/npm', context: 'node_modules' }
Include a leading / to use the absolute output path
new CopyWebpackPlugin([
{ from: 'node_modules/accounting/**', to: '/build/vendor/npm/accounting' },
{ from: 'node_modules/angular/**', to: '/build/vendor/npm/angular' },
],
Because you're using a glob in your from path, the to path is relative to the resolved from paths. Github docs.