Webpack - omit creation of LICENSE.txt files

Question

I'm using Webpack 5 and along with the bundle.js file a bundle.js.LICENSE.txt file is created which is not needed, because https://github.com/codepunkt/webpack-license-plugin is used for this task.

Is there any way to configure Webpack to omit the creation of LICENSE.txt files?

I've searched the webpack docs, SO and several issues on GitHub but didn't find anything helpful.

Answer 1

Add extractComments: false to webpack.config.js

const TerserPlugin = require('terser-webpack-plugin');
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module.exports = {
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  optimization: {
    minimizer: [new TerserPlugin({
      extractComments: false,
    })],
  },
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};

Answer 2

To properly remove both the license file and the comments inside the bundle use:

optimization: {
  minimize: true,
  minimizer: [
    new TerserPlugin({
      extractComments: false,
      terserOptions: {
        format: {
          comments: false,
        },
      },
    }),
  ],
},

https://github.com/webpack-contrib/terser-webpack-plugin#remove-comments