README

# source-map-loader

Extracts source maps from existing source files (from their `sourceMappingURL`).

## Getting Started

To begin, you'll need to install `source-map-loader`:

npm i -D source-map-loader

Then add the plugin to your `webpack` config. For example:

file.js

import css from 'file.css';

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
enforce: 'pre',
use: ['source-map-loader'],
},
],
},
};

`source-map-loader` extracts existing source maps from all JavaScript entries. This includes both inline source maps as well as those linked via URL. All source map data is passed to webpack for processing as per a chosen source map style specified by the `devtool` option in webpack.config.js. This loader is especially useful when using 3rd-party libraries having their own source maps. If not extracted and processed into the source map of the webpack bundle, browsers may misinterpret source map data. `source-map-loader` allows webpack to maintain source map data continuity across libraries so ease of debugging is preserved. `source-map-loader` will extract from any JavaScript file, including those in the `node_modules` directory. Be mindful in setting include and exclude rule conditions to maximize bundling performance.

And run `webpack` via your preferred method.

## Examples

### Ignoring Warnings

To ignore warnings, you can use the following configuration:

webpack.config.js

module.exports = {
module: {
rules: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
enforce: 'pre',
use: ['source-map-loader'],
},
],
},
stats: {
warningsFilter: [/Failed to parse source map/],
},
};

More information about the `warningsFilters` option you can find here;

## Contributing

Please take a moment to read our contributing guidelines if you haven't yet done so.

./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md "CONTRIBUTING"

## License

MIT