webpack-timestamp-plugin

Simple plugin for adding timestamps to your resources.

Alternative for Laravel mix .version() when changing the filename could break things due to caching. This way the filename stays the same and timestamp changes after cache clears.

A config file is generated that returns return ["ts" => TIMESTAMP];.

Installation

npm install --save-dev webpack-timestamp-plugin
yarn add --dev webpack-timestamp-plugin

Usage

Example webpack.config.js

const VersionTimestamp = require('webpack-timestamp-plugin');

module.exports = {
    plugins: [
        new VersionTimestamp()
    ]
}

Example webpack.mix.js:

const { mix } = require('laravel-mix');
const VersionTimestamp = require('webpack-timestamp-plugin');

mix.webpackConfig({
    plugins: [
        new VersionTimestamp()
    ]
});

mix.js('app.js')
    .sass('app.scss');

This will create a file config/timestamp.php at the end of the build process. You should put this file into .gitignore.

Configuration

new VersionTimestamp({
    path: 'timestamp.json',
    content: '{ ts: #TS# }'
})

Where #TS# is wildcard that will be replaced by the timestamp.

In template

Example layout.blade.php

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css?ts={{ config('timestamp.ts', 0) }}" />
<script src="/scripts.js?ts={{ config('timestamp.ts', 0) }}" type="text/javascript"></script>

Using with Lumen framework

Assuming you haven't changed default directory, add $app->configure('timestamp'); to your boostrap/app.php file.

Other

If not using Laravel or Lumen you need an alternative to config() function what will read the contents from generated file.