webpack-cli – Tarik Billa

Getting Error from webpack-cli: “TypeError: merge is not a function” in webpack config

April 30, 2023 by Tarik

You are importing merge incorrectly. Try it like this: const { merge } = require(‘webpack-merge’); UPD: Based on the following changelog, starting with webpack-merge 5.0.3 and higher, you should use the code I provided above. If the version is lower than 5.0.3, then you need to use: const merge = require(‘webpack-merge’);

Webpack Dev Server Config – contentBase not working in latest version

April 15, 2023 by Tarik

devServer: { static: ‘./’ } I should read the errors more closely. The above object made my config work again.

npm run dev fails : ValidationError: Invalid options object

March 4, 2023 by Tarik

This is not an issue with webpack or webpack-dev-server itself, but with the copy-webpack-plugin plugin. With the update to the 6.x major version came a breaking change: instead of just passing the array with the config patterns directly to the CopyWebpackPlugin constructor, your now have to wrap it in the patterns property of an object … Read more