How to emit new asset without minimized in webpack5 custom plugin? - plugins

Question

Let's say i have following custom plugin:
const webpack = require('webpack');
const path = require('path');
const pluginName = 'TestWebpackPlugin';
class TestWebpackPlugin {
constructor(opts) {
this.options = opts || {};
}
apply(compiler) {
const options = this.options
compiler.hooks.compilation.tap('TestWebpackPlugin', (compilation) => {
compilation.hooks.needAdditionalPass.tap('TestWebpackPlugin', () => false)
compilation.hooks.processAssets.tap(
{
name: 'TestWebpackPlugin',
stage: webpack.Compilation.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_DERIVED
},
(assets) => {
// this new asset will also be minimized if mode = production
// the question is: how to make this new asset ignored by minimizer?
compilation.emitAsset(
'newfile',
new webpack.sources.RawSource('console.log("test content")')
);
}
);
});
}
}
module.exports = TestWebpackPlugin
the question is: how to make this new asset ignored by minimizer?

Answer 1

I found the question while searching for more information on the emitAsset method (how to write in UTF-8).
I am rewriting a Webpack 4 plugin (in an Angular context) with this new syntax, following the example given at https://webpack.js.org/contribute/writing-a-plugin/, and when I write the file at the given Compilation.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_SUMMARIZE stage, I find out that:
I can give a relative path, like: ./i18n/${fileName}.json
The written files are not minimized