This repository holds plugins for the development of webextensions using Parcel v2.

Parcel v2 has included support for webextensions. However, we need extra steps for resolving the manifest.json. Currently this provides functionality where the manifest.json is merged with manifest.{NODE_ENV}.json before building.

For more information about manifest.json, please refer to the MDN docs.

Install via npm:

npm install --save-dev @mgranderath/parcel-config-webextension

or via yarn:

yarn add -D @mgranderath/parcel-config-webextension

This wraps the default webextension config and extends it by using a different resolver for the manifest.json.

You can bundle webextensions by setting the .parcelrc to this:

{
  "extends": "@mgranderath/parcel-config-webextension"
}

and running a build by targeting the manifest.json:

parcel build manifest.json

This plugin will try to resolve and merge environment-specific manifest files in the format manifest.${NODE_ENV}.json. For example, in development, you can run:

NODE_ENV=development parcel build src/manifest.json

and the plugin will also look for manifest.development.json and merge those keys into the base manifest.