Improvement: add an option to watch messaging. Add .idea to .gitignore

.eslintrc.js

@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ module.exports = {
 			"error",
 			{
 				"allowModules": [
-					"webpack"
+					"webpack",
+					"webpack-dev-server"
 				]
 			}
 		],

bin/webpack.js

@@ -187,6 +187,12 @@
 			type: "boolean",
 			group: DISPLAY_GROUP,
 			describe: "Show more details"
+		},
+		"info-verbosity": {
+			type: "string",
+			default: "info",
+			group: DISPLAY_GROUP,
+			describe: "Controls the output of lifecycle messaging e.g. Started watching files... (verbose, info, none)"
 		}
 	});
 
@@ -399,6 +405,12 @@
 				}
 			});
 
+			ifArg("info-verbosity", function(value) {
+				if (!["none", "info", "verbose"].includes(value))
+					throw new Error("Invalid configuration object. \n configuration['info-verbosity'] should be one of these:\n \"none\" | \"info\" | \"verbose\"");
+				outputOptions.infoVerbosity = value;
+			});
+
 			var webpack = require("webpack/lib/webpack.js");
 
 			var lastHash = null;
@@ -428,6 +440,15 @@
 				);
 			}
 
+			if (outputOptions.infoVerbosity === "verbose") {
+				compiler.hooks.beforeCompile.tap("WebpackInfo", (compilation) => {
+					console.log("\nCompilation starting…\n");
+				});
+				compiler.hooks.afterCompile.tap("WebpackInfo", (compilation) => {
+					console.log("\nCompilation finished\n");
+				});
+			}
+
 			function compilerCallback(err, stats) {
 				if (!options.watch || err) {
 					// Do not keep cache anymore
@@ -465,7 +486,8 @@
 					process.stdin.resume();
 				}
 				compiler.watch(watchOptions, compilerCallback);
-				console.log("\nWebpack is watching the files…\n");
+				if (outputOptions.infoVerbosity !== "none")
+					console.log("\nWebpack is watching the files…\n");
 			} else compiler.run(compilerCallback);
 		}
 

test/binCases/errors/info-verbosity/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = function testAssertions(code, stdout, stderr) {
+	expect(stderr[3]).toContain("Error: Invalid configuration object.");
+	expect(stderr[4]).toContain("configuration['info-verbosity'] should be one of these:");
+	expect(stderr[5]).toContain("\"none\" | \"info\" | \"verbose\"");
+};

test/binCases/errors/info-verbosity/test.opts

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+--entry ./index.js
+--config ./webpack.config.js
+--output-filename [name].js
+--output-chunk-filename [id].chunk.js
+--info-verbosity false

test/binCases/errors/info-verbosity/webpack.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+var path = require("path");
+
+module.exports = {
+  entry: path.resolve(__dirname, "./index")
+};

test/binCases/watch/info-verbosity-off/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = function testAssertions(stdout, stderr, done) {
+	expect(stdout).toEqual(expect.anything());
+	expect(stdout[0]).toContain("");
+	expect(stdout[1]).not.toContain("Webpack is watching the files…");
+	expect(stdout[1]).toContain("Version: webpack");
+
+	expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);
+	done();
+};

test/binCases/watch/info-verbosity-off/test.opts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--entry ./index.js
+--config ./webpack.config.js
+--output-filename [name].js
+--output-chunk-filename [id].chunk.js
+--target async-node
+--watch
+--info-verbosity none

test/binCases/watch/info-verbosity-off/webpack.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+var path = require("path");
+
+module.exports = {
+	entry: path.resolve(__dirname, "./index")
+};

test/binCases/watch/info-verbosity-verbose/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = function testAssertions(stdout, stderr, done) {
+	expect(stdout).toEqual(expect.anything());
+	expect(stdout[0]).toContain("");
+	expect(stdout[1]).toContain("Compilation starting…");
+  expect(stdout[2]).toContain("");
+  expect(stdout[3]).toContain("");
+	expect(stdout[4]).toContain("Webpack is watching the files…");
+  expect(stdout[5]).toContain("");
+  expect(stdout[6]).toContain("");
+  expect(stdout[7]).toContain("Compilation finished");
+  expect(stdout[8]).toContain("");
+
+	expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);
+	done();
+};

test/binCases/watch/info-verbosity-verbose/test.opts

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+--entry ./index.js
+--config ./webpack.config.js
+--output-filename [name].js
+--output-chunk-filename [id].chunk.js
+--target async-node
+--watch
+--info-verbosity verbose

test/binCases/watch/info-verbosity-verbose/webpack.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+var path = require("path");
+
+module.exports = {
+	entry: path.resolve(__dirname, "./index")
+};