Cannot find config file after upgrading from 1.7.x to 1.8.x

[alanrsoares]

Right after updating to 1.8, the arbitrary path to webpack.config.js cannot be resolved, throwing a module not found exception.

In my case, all my configurations files live under a config folder, eg: config/webpack.config.js and config/webpack.config.js.

And I call webpack through the CLI:

./node_modules/.bin/webpack --config config/webpack.dist.config.js --progress -p

[MitMaro]

Some additional information:

$ webpack --config webpack.test.js
module.js:324
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'webpack.test.js'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:322:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:264:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:351:17)
    at require (module.js:370:17)
    at module.exports (/Users/mitmaro/Code/ComboKeysContext/node_modules/webpack/bin/convert-argv.js:56:12)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/mitmaro/Code/ComboKeysContext/node_modules/webpack/bin/webpack.js:56:40)
    at Module._compile (module.js:446:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:464:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:341:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:296:12)

Edit: Pasted the wrong stack trace

[MitMaro]

Rolling back to version 1.8.2 from 1.8.3 fixes the problem for me.

[alanrsoares]

I'm gonna stick with 1.7.x till there's a patch for this issue.

[claydiffrient]

For me, if my file is named webpack.config.js it works. If I try passing it in such as webpack --config webpack.development.js it throws the Cannot find module error.