manifest-package-loader

This Webpack loader inserts data from package.json into a your manifest.json to ensure it's always up-to-date. (who remembers to update the version field every time?)

This is handy when writing chrome extensions. You may also be interested in the web-accessible resources plugin.

This script was inspired by SO user108471.

Install

• yarn add -D manifest-package-loader

Usage

Add a rule to your webpack.config.json:

1//  webpack.config.js
2
3module.exports = {
4  ...
5  module: {
6    rules: [
7      ...
8      {
9        test: /^manifest\.json$/,
10        use: [
11          {
12            loader: 'file-loader',
13            options: { name: '[name].[ext]' }
14          },
15          'manifest-package-loader'
16        ]
17      }
18    ]
19  }
20  ...
21}

Now the following fields will be copied from webpack.json to your manifest.json:

• name
• description
• version
• author
• homepage_url

Contributing

Please file an issue on GitHub.

License

MIT, be free.