unplugin-info

Export build information as virutal module.

This plugin helps you add build timestamp / commit SHA / CI environment / package.json / ... to your application. So you can easily check whether the production version meets your expectations, or config your application.

Migration from v0 to v1

• Move git related information from ~build/info to ~build/git
• Move CI related information from ~build/info to ~build/ci
• Remove commitsSinceLastTag from ~build/git

Installation

1npm i -D unplugin-info

1// vite.config.ts
2
3import Info from 'unplugin-info/vite';
4
5export default defineConfig({
6  plugins: [
7    Info()
8  ]
9});

1// rollup.config.js
2
3import Info from 'unplugin-info/rollup';
4
5export default {
6  plugins: [
7    Info()
8  ]
9};

1// webpack.config.js
2
3module.exports = {
4  /* ... */
5  plugins: [
6    require('unplugin-info/webpack')()
7  ]
8};

1// nuxt.config.ts
2
3export default defineNuxtConfig({
4  modules: ['unplugin-info/nuxt'],
5  info: {
6    // Your unplugin-info options ...
7  }
8});

1// vue.config.js
2
3module.exports = {
4  configureWebpack: {
5    plugins: [
6      require('unplugin-info/webpack')()
7    ]
8  }
9};

1// quasar.conf.js [Vite]
2module.exports = {
3  vitePlugins: [
4    [
5      'unplugin-info/vite',
6      {
7        /* options */
8      }
9    ]
10  ]
11};

1// quasar.conf.js [Webpack]
2const Info = require('unplugin-info/webpack');
3
4module.exports = {
5  build: {
6    chainWebpack(chain) {
7      chain.plugin('unplugin-info').use(
8        Info()
9      );
10    }
11  }
12};

1// esbuild.config.js
2import { build } from 'esbuild';
3
4build({
5  /* ... */
6  plugins: [
7    require('unplugin-info/esbuild')({
8      /* options */
9    }),
10  ],
11});

1// astro.config.mjs
2
3import Info from 'unplugin-info/astro';
4
5export default defineConfig({
6  integrations: [
7    Info()
8  ],
9});

TypeScript

To make the TypeScript work, you can add unplugin-info/client to your corresponding tsconfig.json.

1{
2  "compilerOptions": {
3    // ...
4    "types": [
5      "unplugin-info/client"
6    ],
7  },
8  // ...
9}

Or you can add TypeScript triple-slash directives to your .d.ts (i.e. for projects initialized by Vite, it may be src/env.d.ts).

1// Your .d.ts file
2
3/// <reference types="unplugin-info/client" />

Or if you did some advanced modification (see below), you can just copy and paste client.d.ts to your project, and then do anything you want.

Usage

unplugin-info creates several virtual modules, ~build/time, ~build/git, ~build/ci, ~build/console, ~build/meta, ~build/env, and ~build/package.

You can just import these modules as usual, and do anything with them. Common use cases may be like:

1// main.ts
2
3import now from '~build/time'
4import { sha } from '~build/git'
5
6// console log the build info
7console.log(`Build ${sha} at ${now}`)

1// App.tsx
2
3import now from '~build/time'
4
5// Render it in your app
6function App() {
7  return <span>{now.toLocaleString()}</span>
8}

~build/time

It exports the timestamp when the vite started.

1import now from '~build/time'
2
3console.log(now)
4// There will be a log like "Fri Jun 24 2022 16:30:30 GMT+0800 (中国标准时间)"

~build/git

It exports the infomation about the current git repo, which is powered by simple-git.

1import {
2  github,
3  sha,
4  abbreviatedSha,
5  tag,
6  lastTag,
7  committer,
8  committerEmail,
9  committerDate,
10  author,
11  authorEmail,
12  authorDate,
13  commitMessage
14} from '~build/git';
15
16// ...

[!NOTE]

From unplugin-info@0.6.0, the original virtual module called ~build/info will be renamed to ~build/git, and the CI/CD related information will be moved to another virtual module called ~build/ci.

You can even custom or override the exported git information.

All the functions will be executed during the generation of ~build/git, and the return result with its corresponding field name will be merged into ~build/git. The following example adds another isClean field to ~build/git.

1// vite.config.ts
2
3import Info from 'unplugin-info/vite';
4
5export default defineConfig({
6  plugins: [
7    Info({
8      git: {
9        // Gets whether this represents a clean working branch.
10        isClean: async (git) => {
11          const status = await git.status()
12          return status.isClean()
13        }
14      }
15    })
16  ]
17});

Full example is located at examples/vite.

~build/ci

It exports the current CI/CD environment information, which is powered by ci-info.

1import { isCI, isPR, name } from '~build/ci'

~build/console

It will print some helpful logs in your browser.

1import '~build/console';

~build/meta

It exports some meta data from the options of the plugin.

1// vite.config.ts
2export default defineConfig({
3  plugins: [
4    BuildInfo({
5      meta: { message: 'This is set from vite.config.ts' }
6    })
7  ]
8})

You can also generate meta data lazily.

1// vite.config.ts
2export default defineConfig({
3  plugins: [
4    BuildInfo({
5      meta: async () => ({ message: 'This is set from vite.config.ts' })
6    })
7  ]
8})

Then you can import them in your app.

1import { message } from '~build/meta'
2
3console.log(message)
4// This is set from vite.config.ts

[!NOTE]

Meta data will be serialized to JSON format, so you should gen it in you vite.config.ts and pass the result object.

To get TypeScript support, you can add type declaration in your env.d.ts (It is include in the official Vite project template).

1declare module '~build/meta' {
2  export const message: string;
3}

Full example is located at examples/vite.

~build/env

[!NOTE]

Now it only suports for Vite.

It exports some environment data from the options of the plugin.

1// vite.config.ts
2export default defineConfig({
3  plugins: [
4    BuildInfo({
5      env: { BUILD_MESSAGE: 'This is a default value set from vite.config.ts' }
6    })
7  ]
8})

Compared with ~build/meta, ~build/env is targeted at accessing environment variables for the SSR runtime (like Nuxt, Remix, Astro, and so on).

Then you can import them in your Vite app.

1import { BUILD_MESSAGE } from '~build/env'
2
3console.log(BUILD_MESSAGE)

In the client-side, this will always output This is a default value set from vite.config.ts.

But in the server-side, the output log is determined by the corresponding environment variable process.env.BUILD_MESSAGE.

To get TypeScript support, you can add type declaration in your env.d.ts (It is include in the official Vite project template).

1declare module '~build/env' {
2  export const BUILD_MESSAGE: string;
3}

~build/package

It exports the information of the current package.json.

1import { name, version } from '~build/package';

You can also control which fields should be exported. By default, we only export fields name, version, description, keywords, license, author from your package.json.

1// vite.config.ts
2
3import Info from 'unplugin-info/vite';
4
5export default defineConfig({
6  plugins: [
7    Info({
8      package: {
9        dependencies: true
10      }
11    })
12  ]
13});

Full example is located at examples/vite.

Relationship with vite-plugin-info

This pacakge was initially called vite-plugin-info. It has been refactored using unplugin to support additional tools, including Webpack and so on.

We recommend migrating from vite-plugin-info to unplugin-info, as unplugin-info will continue to be maintained and new features will be added.

However, you can still use vite-plugin-info, as it works fine. Thanks to Vite's compatibility, and the source code of vite-plugin-info can be founded here.

License

MIT License © 2023 XLor