license-webpack-plugin

Fixed

• Fix TypeError: item.node is not a function errors from webpack 5.47.0 and later

Fixed

• Fix delegated modules giving errors about nonexistent /package.json file

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where dependent and cached modules' licenses were not being added

Changed

• Optimized calls to compilation.getStats() by filtering out unnecessary stats information

Fixed

• Fixed banners not working on webpack v5. Check the documentation for important configuration changes required for banners to work on webpack v5.

Changed

• Register webpack as optional peer dependency

Changed

• Performance improvements in large repos

Fixed

• Fix data URI modules giving errors about nonexistent /package.json file

Fixed

• Fix remote modules giving errors about nonexistent /package.json file

Fixed

• Fix ignored modules giving errors about nonexistent /package.json file

Fixed

• Fix container entry modules giving errors about nonexistent /package.json file

Fixed

• Fix files processed by loaders not getting processed correctly
• Fix errors about /package.json when using webpack module federation

Fixed

• Fix performance regression by caching webpack stats object

Fixed

• Remove external dependencies (which can't be resolved during build time) from processing

Fixed

• Fix webpack license output being missing when using webpack v5

Fixed

• Fix missing ES modules from output when using webpack v5
• Fix explicit setting of perChunkOutput: true not being honored by the plugin

Fixed

• Fix error when perChunkOutput is set to false and webpack 4 is used: TypeError: Cannot read property 'tap' of undefined

Fixed

• Fix warning when perChunkOutput is set to false: WARNING in Conflict: Multiple assets emit different content to the same filename <filename>

Fixed

• Fix warning when perChunkOutput is set to false: DeprecationWarning: Compilation.assets will be frozen in future, all modifications are deprecated. This reintroduces the warning perChunkOutput is set to false: WARNING in Conflict: Multiple assets emit different content to the same filename <filename>.

Fixed

• Fix warning when perChunkOutput is set to false: WARNING in Conflict: Multiple assets emit different content to the same filename <filename>

Fixed

• Fix deprecation messages in webpack 5: [DEP_WEBPACK_CHUNK_MODULES_ITERABLE] DeprecationWarning: Chunk.modulesIterable: Use new ChunkGraph API and [DEP_WEBPACK_CHUNK_ENTRY_MODULE] DeprecationWarning: Chunk.entryModule: Use new ChunkGraph API

Fixed

• Fix directory permission of dist folder by publishing from Linux instead of Windows

Fixed

• Fix deprecation message in webpack 5: [DEP_WEBPACK_COMPILATION_OPTIMIZE_CHUNK_ASSETS] DeprecationWarning: optimizeChunkAssets is deprecated

Added

• Allow variables like [hash] in outputFilename when perChunkOutput is set to false.

Added

• Added option skipChildCompilers to skip applying the plugin to child compilers.

Fixed

• Allow for multiple included/excluded chunks

Fixed

• Ignore package.json files that don't have a name field when searching for a package's package.json file.

Fixed

• Fix licenseTemplateDir option not being able to find template files.

Fixed

• Handle missing license template file when licenseTemplateDir is used

Changed

• License report is now sorted by module name.

Fixed

• Switch @types/webpack-sources to a regular dependency instead of a devDependency.

Fixed

• Handle auto exclusion of license, if the guessed name is a folder instead of file.
• Ignore directories found in SEE LICENSE IN-style licenses.

Fixed

• Handle object-style license field in package.json

Fixed

• Handle invalid filename in SEE LICENSE IN-style licenses in package.json files.

Added

• licenseInclusionTest option
• unacceptableLicenseTest option
• handleUnacceptableLicense option
• handleMissingLicenseText option
• licenseTextOverrides option
• renderLicenses option
• renderBanner option
• chunkIncludeExcludeTest option
• additionalChunkModules option
• additionalModules option
• preferredLicenseTypes option
• handleLicenseAmbiguity option
• handleMissingLicenseType option
• excludedPackageTest option
• silent option

Changed

• No explicit configuration is necessary anymore. All license types will be included.
• There is no dependency on ejs anymore. Instead, render functions are used.
• Packages are identified by traversing dictories upward until a package.json file is found. This should make package identificaton more reliable.
• Use webpack's inputFileSystem instead of fs module.
• In order to avoid issues with source maps, the plugin hook is done at a different phase of the webpack build.
• The modulesDirectories option requires full paths and is now used to restrict which directories a module may be detected from.
• License filename detection is now done by regular expression which means more license files should be picked up now.
• When license text cannot be found, the plugin will no longer write the license type as the license text. Instead it will omit printing the license text. (The license type will still be written though.)
• The webpack-sources dependency has moved from a peer dependency to a direct dependency.

Removed

• suppressErrors option
• pattern option
• outputTemplate option
• includePackagesWithoutLicense option
• unacceptablePattern option
• abortOnUnacceptableLicense option
• bannerTemplate option
• includedChunks option
• excludedChunks option
• additionalPackages option
• buildRoot option

Fixed

• No more interference with source maps

Added

• Support for absolute paths in modulesDirectories option

Fixed

• Support symlinked node_modules folder

Changed

• Support license filenames with British spelling: "licence"

Fixed

• Add documentation for license info in banner template

Added

• Support adding license info to banner template

Fixed

• Resolved deprecation warning from webpack

Fixed

• Empty license output on webpack versions prior to v4

Fixed

• Use async webpack compiler hook

Added

• Support multiple modules directories

Fixed

• Search file dependencies of webpack build