feat: add --node-env flag

packages/webpack-cli/lib/webpack-cli.js

@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@ class WebpackCLI {
                 multiple: true,
                 description: 'Environment passed to the configuration when it is a function.',
             },
+            {
+                name: 'node-env',
+                type: String,
+                multiple: false,
+                description: 'Sets process.env.NODE_ENV to the specified value',
+            },
 
             // Adding more plugins
             {
@@ -429,6 +435,12 @@ class WebpackCLI {
         return options;
     }
 
+    applyNodeEnv(options) {
+        if (typeof options.nodeEnv === 'string') {
+            process.env.NODE_ENV = options.nodeEnv;
+        }
+    }
+
     async run(args, parseOptions) {
         // Built-in internal commands
         const buildCommandOptions = {
@@ -1655,6 +1667,9 @@ class WebpackCLI {
     async createCompiler(options, callback) {
         let config = await this.resolveConfig(options);
 
+        // apply process.env.NODE_ENV with the help of --node-env
+        this.applyNodeEnv(options);
+
         config = await this.applyOptions(config, options);
         config = await this.applyCLIPlugin(config, options);
 

test/node-env/node-env.test.js

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { run } = require('../utils/test-utils');
+
+describe('--node-env flag', () => {
+    it('should set process.env.NODE_ENV to "production"', () => {
+        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--node-env', 'production']);
+
+        expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+        expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(stdout).toContain("mode: 'production'");
+    });
+
+    it('should set process.env.NODE_ENV to "development"', () => {
+        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--node-env', 'development']);
+
+        expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+        expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(stdout).toContain("mode: 'development'");
+    });
+
+    it('should set process.env.NODE_ENV to "none"', () => {
+        const { exitCode, stderr, stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--node-env', 'none']);
+
+        expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+        expect(stderr).toBeFalsy();
+        expect(stdout).toContain("mode: 'none'");
+    });
+});

test/node-env/src/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log('--node-env test');

test/node-env/webpack.config.js

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const WebpackCLITestPlugin = require('../utils/webpack-cli-test-plugin');
+
+module.exports = {
+    mode: process.env.NODE_ENV,
+    plugins: [new WebpackCLITestPlugin()],
+};