Delete unused webpack chunked files

Question

I\'m looking for information on how to delete old webpack chunked files. Here is my current webpack configuration:

var path = require(\'path\');
var webpack          


        

Answer 1

You can solve the problem № 1 by using remove-files-webpack-plugin.

Use this plugin like this:

plugins: [
  new RemovePlugin({
    watch: {
      test: [
        {
          folder: './js',
          method: (absPath) => new RegExp(/(.*)-([^-\\\/]+)\.js/).test(absPath)
        }
      ]
    }
  })
]

In "watch" mode (not normal compilation!) it grabs all files from ./js folder and tests them with this regular expression /(.*)-([^-\\\/]+)\.js/. Analyze this regular expression on regex101 (unit tests are included) if you have problems with understanding.

Note: i'm the creator of this plugin.