Webpack-merge, a utility designed to simplify the management of webpack configurations, saw a minor version bump from 5.0.4 to 5.0.5 on July 6th, 2020. Both versions share the same core functionality: providing a specialized merge function tailored to webpack's often complex configuration structures. They also depend on identical packages: wildcard for advanced property access and clone-deep for ensuring proper object duplication during the merge process. Furthermore, the development dependencies, crucial for building and testing the package, remained consistent, featuring tools like tsdx for TypeScript bundling, husky for git hooks, tslib for TypeScript helpers, webpack itself for testing purposes, typescript for type checking, and @types/webpack for webpack typings.
The noticeable differences lie in the distribution details. Version 5.0.5 comes in at a smaller unpacked size of 34876 bytes, containing 19 files, compared to version 5.0.4, which has an unpacked size of 63181 bytes with only 16 files. While seemingly minor, this size reduction could indicate optimizations in the codebase or adjustments to the build process. Developers upgrading from 5.0.4 to 5.0.5 might experience slightly improved performance, particularly in environments with limited resources or slower disk I/O. Given the shared dependencies and development setup, upgrading should generally be seamless, with no major breaking changes expected. The core value proposition of webpack-merge – streamlined webpack configuration management – persists across both versions.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 5.0.5 of the package webpack-merge
