Add option to extraWebpackConfig somewhere centralized about ngx-build-plus HOT 7 CLOSED

Couldn't you just add the extraWebpackConfig option to your options array in angular.json for your various builds?

"architect": {
  "build": {
    "builder": "ngx-build-plus:build",
    "options": {
      "outputPath": "dist",
      ...
      "extraWebpackConfig": "webpack.extra.js"
    }
  }
}

I have it defined for both "build" and "serve", and ng build/ng serve pull in the extra webpack config as expected.

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Thanks for this feedback. Currently, I don't have such a plan. IMHO it's also possible that one wants different webpack.config files for different tasks (e. g. build and serve).

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Fair enough. I think both use-cases make sense, but I understand your position. Many thanks for getting back!

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I think this should be re-opened. The point of Angular.json is to configure the project, which includes configuring webpack. The point of ngx-build-plus is to allow us to configure webpack more granularly. Such granular configuration is generally pretty fundamental, so it would be advantageous to define it as part of the core configuration rather than as an option (i.e. a flag than can easily be accidentally left out).

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That's awesome, @jcoutch!

I have a desire similar to the OP. I'm pretty new to Angular CLI configuration, but if this is a valid technique then I think that solves it, @manfredsteyer!

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Thanks @jcoutch,
I didn't realise it needed to be in both build and serve.
Cheers,
Ben

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BTW, the other tool for customizing webpack configs under Angular CLI:

https://github.com/just-jeb/angular-builders/tree/master/packages/custom-webpack

takes the approach described above: an entry in angular.json to point to the extra webpack config.

(There are many other differences of course, but this one seems like it should be adopted from there over to here.)

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