Why plugin can clear a directory only BEFORE build?

[akaSybe]

What if I need to clear directory at the end of the build?

I need to build assets, create a zip file and remove everything in a directory except the zip file.
But looks like CleanWebpackPlugin everytime runs before all other plugins...

plugins: [
    new CleanWebpackPlugin(...),
    new CopyWebpackPlugin
    new StringReplacePlugin(),
    new ZipWebpackPlugin(...),
    new CleanWebpackPlugin(...)
]

Can you help me?

[clifgriffin]

I'm seeing this too.

[worenga]

Same here.

[jackypan1989]

remove old file after webpack build
https://github.com/jackypan1989/del-webpack-plugin

[ChrisRAoW]

Just submitted a pull request to fix this:
#72

[johnagan]

Hopefully resolved in #72.

[chrisblossom]

For v2 use cleanAfterEveryBuildPatterns to solve this issue. Additional v2 Information can be found here.