clean-webpack-plugin: /Users/user/.../ must be inside the project root. Skipping...

[stianlp]

I get this error after updating to 0.1.6.

If i revert to 0.1.4, it works fine. Is it possible to add an option to clean outside project root in the upcoming versions?

[rewmike]

I am having the same issue.

[chrisblossom]

@stianlp @rewmike Please provide your config so I can test. Please include all relevant directories.

[fr-ench]

I am having the same issue as well. My project root is "z:/" , and I'm trying to delete 'dist' folder, which path is 'z:/dist'.
Reverting back to 0.1.4 fixes the issue.

[chrisblossom]

@fr-ench please provide your config.

[fr-ench]

@chrisblossom, here it is:

var Clean = require('clean-webpack-plugin');
...
plugins: (function () {
var plugins = [
new Clean(["dist"], {
root: 'z:/',
verbose: true,
dry: false
}),
....
];
return plugins;
})()
...

I've also tried root options as '/' but no help unfortunately.
I'm on windows and running node v5.5.0 if it can be helpful.

[harshes53]

@fr-ench

Give a try root: process.cwd()

It did worked for me!

[fr-ench]

@hatchbee , unfortunately, I'm still getting the same error:
"clean-webpack-plugin: Z:\dist must be inside the project root. Skipping..."
with
new Clean(["dist"], {
root: process.cwd(),
verbose: true,
dry: false
}).

[rewmike]

clean-webpack-plugin: /var/www/vhosts/[domain.com]/app project root is outside of project. Skipping all...

My webpack.config.js:

new CleanPlugin(['build'], { root: __dirname })

My project structure:

.
├─ build
├─ source
└── webpack.config.js

I don't think that __dirname should be used in clean-webpack-plugin/index.js - it's not perfect.

[harshes53]

@fr-ench what is your process.cwd() and __dirname?

Make sure you absolutely target the folder. I did tried a lot and what to bang my head but then tried root: process.cwd()

I have this project structure:

--build-config/
 -----devConfig.js
--client/
-----dist/

The config below also worked for me:

plugins:[
         new CleanWebpackPlugin(['client/dist'], { root: path.resolve(__dirname , '..'), verbose: true })
      ]

And I am bundling with this command from my root of the project:

webpack --config build-config/dev.config.js  --watch

Make sure you give correct root path.

[fr-ench]

@hatchbee,

That doesn't help either.

Actually I believe the bug is on line 63:
var projectDirSplit = projectDir.split(path.sep);

I have projectDir = "z:/" which produces an array ["z:", ""]. There is an excessive empty array element "" in the end.

So we're getting an excessive check here

projectDirSplit.forEach((function(singleDir, index) {
if (pathSplit[index] !== singleDir) {
insideFailCheck = true;
}
}));

which results in insideFailCheck = true;

Probably your root variable doesn't end with a path separator, that is why it's working for you. But I use subst command to mount a "z:" drive and work from z:/ directly so just changing the plugin settings won't work for me.

[harshes53]

@fr-ench just double check the way path.resolve works on Windows machine with drive paths. Sorry I haven't used it for development since.

[chrisblossom]

The tests are failing on windows. I am looking into a solution right now. Thanks for the input @fr-ench.

Side note (haven't researched), is it possible for Travis-ci to test on windows hosts as well?

[chrisblossom]

@fr-ench can you try again with case-sensitive inputs including a capital Z:? I think this is the issue.

[chrisblossom]

@fr-ench Can you try this branch: https://github.com/chrisblossom/clean-webpack-plugin/tree/feature/windows_fixes and see if your issues are fixed? Please advise.

[fr-ench]

@chrisblossom,

The windows_fixes branch works just perfect for me! Thank you!
Do you think it'll make its way to master branch in the nearest future?

As for case sensitivity, I don't think that was the case, because I tried different cominations at the very beginning.

[chrisblossom]

Thanks for testing it out. @fr-ench PR #14 submitted