Patch Changes

• Resolve configuration path for cache build dependencies. (by @alexander-akait in #4707)

Patch Changes

• The file protocol for configuration options (--config/--extends) is supported. (by @alexander-akait in #4702)

Patch Changes

• Fix name of create-webpack-app package. (by @alexander-akait in #4704)

Major Changes

• The minimum supported version of Node.js is 20.9.0. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

• Use dynamic import to load webpack.config.js, fallback to interpret only when configuration can't be load by dynamic import. Using dynamic imports allows you to take advantage of Node.js's built-in TypeScript support. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

• Removed the --node-env argument in favor of the --config-node-env argument. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

• The version command only output versions right now. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

• Removed deprecated API, no action required unless you use import cli from "webpack-cli";/const cli = require("webpack-cli");. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

Patch Changes

• Allow configuration freezing. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

• Use graceful shutdown when file system cache is enabled. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

• Performance improved. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

Major Changes

• The minimum supported version of Node.js is 20.9.0. (by @alexander-akait in #4677)

6.0.1 (2024-12-20)

Bug Fixes

• update peer dependencies (#4356) (7a7e5d9)

6.0.0 (2024-12-19)

BREAKING CHANGES

• the minimum required Node.js version is 18.12.0
• removed init, loader and plugin commands in favor create-webpack-app
• dropped support for webpack-dev-server@v4
• minimum supported webpack version is 5.82.0
• The --define-process-env-node-env option was renamed to --config-node-env

Bug Fixes

• allow to require webpack.config.js in ESM format (#4346) (5106684)
• correct the minimum help output (#4057) (c727c4f)
• gracefully shutting down (#4145) (90720e2)
• improve help output for possible values (#4316) (4cd5aef)
• no serve when dev-server is false (#2947) (a93e860)

Features

• output pnpm version with info/version command (#3906) (38f3c6f)

5.1.4 (2023-06-07)

Bug Fixes

• multi compiler progress output (f659624)

5.1.3 (2023-06-04)

Bug Fixes

• regression for custom configurations (#3834) (bb4f8eb)

5.1.2 (2023-06-04)

Bug Fixes

• improve check for custom webpack and webpack-dev-server package existance (0931ab6)
• improve help for some flags (f468614)
• improved support for .cts and .mts extensions (a77daf2)