Vue cli 3 do some tasks after build

Question

I am using vue cli 3 and here is my vue.config.js:

const path = require('path')
const webpack = require('webpack')
const publicDir = 'public'
const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
module.exports = {
  publicPath: isProduction ? './dist/' : '',
  outputDir: 'public/dist',
  indexPath: '../../resources/views/index.blade.php',
  filenameHashing: true,
  chainWebpack: config => {
    config
      .entry('app')
      .clear()
      .add('./resources/vue/main.js')
      .end()
    config.module
      .rule('graphql')
      .test(/\.gql$/)
      .use('graphql-tag/loader')
      .loader('graphql-tag/loader')
      .end()
  },
  configureWebpack: {
    plugins: [new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/^\.\/locale$/, /moment$/)]
  }
}

I need to delete some files after build for production and I don't know how to detect the build process is over.

I didn't find any documentation on this.

Answer 1

You can do that in your package.json file. You can add your custom script or the modify existing one.

For example take a look at the clean script. You can call this script manually, or add it in another script. In this example it is executed when build script is executed:

  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "watch": "vue-cli-service build --mode development --watch",
    "dev": "vue-cli-service --mode development build",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build && npm run clean",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
    "clean": "rm -rf ../public/dist"
  },
  ...

NOTE: && makes them run sequentially clean will run after build.