build script in package.json using webpack with --config flag as

Question

In my package.json I'm trying to use webpack in a script but it keeps failing.

  "scripts": {     "start": "node server.js",     "test": "mocha 'src/**/test*.coffee' --watch --compilers coffee:coffee-script/register",     "build": "webpack --config webpack.dist.config.js"   }, 

the scripts start and test works as expected but when running npm build in terminal I'm getting nothing:

➜  client git:(master) ✗ npm build ➜  client git:(master) ✗  

When running the command manually, things happen:

➜  client git:(master) ✗ webpack --config webpack.dist.config.js Hash: 9274a04acd39605afc25 Version: webpack 1.9.10 Time: 5206ms     Asset     Size  Chunks             Chunk Names bundle.js  5.23 MB       0  [emitted]  main    [0] multi main 28 bytes {0} [built]  [349] ../config.js 181 bytes {0} [built]     + 413 hidden modules ➜  client git:(master) ✗  

Have I miss understod how npm scripts are suppose to work?

Answer 1

Use: npm run build

Reason: npm start & npm test are shortcuts for npm run start & npm run test, for any other npm tasks, you have to specify "run"

Answer 2

Run npm run build.

start and test are built in scripts for npm. build however is a custom script and thus needs to be invoked with npm run build.

You can find out more about npm's scripts here