Plugin cleaning after bundle is built about clean-webpack-plugin HOT 10 CLOSED

This is a problem for me too! I'm using it with webpack-dev-server instead, though.

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https://github.com/jackypan1989/del-webpack-plugin

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I submitted a pull request last week which is already merged. You can now set "beforeEmit" to true in the options and it will clean the dist folder just before the files are emitted to the output dir

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So, I am using "beforeEmit" set to true.

plugins: [ new CleanWebpackPlugin(['*'], { root: path.join(__dirname, 'dist/'), beforeEmit: true, }), ... ]

That creates a totally new issue in itself. When I load webpack server, apparently, this plugin just before I load my web page, deletes my dist/ folder... as you said, beforeEmit... here is my configuration for the command in package.json

"scripts": {
    "build": "webpack --mode production",
    "start": "webpack-dev-server --mode production --open --content-base dist/",
    ...
}

Any ideas how not to delete the dist/ upon launching the webpack-dev-server?

Thanks,
Ella

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I have the same issue

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Happens to me to. More often than not it works normally, but it does sometimes clean the folder after the bundle is built. I'm just using babel-loader.

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I see same issue. This plugin deletes my 'dist' folder AFTER the build is done, making it a bit counterproductive. haha.

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@flurdulis I would not suggest to use this option in development. Just for production environments.

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I can confirm that the plugin referenced by @jackypan1989 's above just solved my "-w" problem.

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Closed in v2.0.0 via #99. See johnagan/clean-webpack-plugin#usage. Please open a new issue if you continue to have problems.

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