Including git commit hash and date in webpack build

Question

I\'m using react/es6/webpack. I want to show the date of the build and git hash somewhere in my app. What\'s the best approach?

Answer 1

I couldn't comment to the top post, so here goes:

Webpack.dev.js

import gitprocess from "child_process"
let LoadCommitDate = gitprocess
  .execSync('git log -1 --date=format:"%Y/%m/%d %T" --format="%ad"')
  .toString()
...
plugins: [
    new webpack.DefinePlugin({
       COMMITDATE: JSON.stringify(LoadCommitDate),
    })
  ]

Additionally in .eslintrc

  "globals": {
    "COMMITDATE": "readonly",
  },

Result - latest commit date you can reference in your code!

console.log(COMMITDATE)
2020/05/04 21:02:03