refactor: Remove --preload flag (#1737)

* refactor: Removes `--preload` flag & functionality

* docs: Adding changeset

* docs: Updating readme for removal of preload

Author: rschristian

.changeset/poor-sloths-mate.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'preact-cli': major
+---
+
+Removes `--preload` flag and functionality from build command.

README.md

@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ $ [npm run / yarn] preact build
     --babelConfig      Path to custom Babel config (default .babelrc)
     --json             Generate build stats for bundle analysis
     --template         Path to custom HTML template (default 'src/template.html')
-    --preload          Adds preload tags to the document its assets  (default false)
     --analyze          Launch interactive Analyzer to inspect production bundle(s)
     --prerender        Renders route(s) into generated static HTML  (default true)
     --prerenderUrls    Path to pre-rendered routes config  (default prerender-urls.json)

packages/cli/package.json

@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
     "webpack": "^5.67.0",
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^4.5.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^4.9.0",
-    "webpack-manifest-plugin": "^5.0.0",
     "webpack-merge": "^5.8.0",
     "webpack-remove-empty-scripts": "^0.7.2",
     "workbox-cacheable-response": "^6.5.3",

packages/cli/src/index.js

@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ prog
 		'--template',
 		'Path to custom HTML template (default "src/template.html")'
 	)
-	.option(
-		'--preload',
-		'Adds preload links to the HTML for required resources',
-		false
-	)
 	.option(
 		'--analyze',
 		'Launch interactive Analyzer to inspect production bundle(s)',

packages/cli/src/lib/webpack/create-load-manifest.js

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ const {
 } = require('html-webpack-skip-assets-plugin');
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 const prerender = require('./prerender');
-const createLoadManifest = require('./create-load-manifest');
 const { error, esmImport, tryResolveConfig, warn } = require('../../util');
 
 const PREACT_FALLBACK_URL = '/200.html';
@@ -79,26 +78,16 @@ module.exports = async function renderHTMLPlugin(config) {
 						entryFiles.find(file => /\.(m?js)(\?|$)/.test(file));
 				});
 
-				let loadManifest = compilation.assets['push-manifest.json']
-					? JSON.parse(compilation.assets['push-manifest.json'].source())
-					: createLoadManifest(
-							compilation.assets,
-							compilation.namedChunkGroups,
-							config.isProd
-					  );
-
 				return {
 					cli: {
 						title,
 						url,
 						manifest: config.manifest,
 						inlineCss: config['inline-css'],
-						preload: config.preload,
 						config,
 						prerenderData: values,
 						CLI_DATA: { prerenderData: { url, ...routeData } },
 						ssr: config.prerender ? prerender({ cwd, dest, src }, values) : '',
-						loadManifest,
 						entrypoints,
 					},
 					htmlWebpackPlugin: {

packages/cli/src/lib/webpack/push-manifest.js

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const ProgressBarPlugin = require('progress-bar-webpack-plugin');
 const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin');
 const createBabelConfig = require('../babel-config');
 const loadPostcssConfig = require('postcss-load-config');
-const { WebpackManifestPlugin } = require('webpack-manifest-plugin');
 
 function readJson(file) {
 	try {
@@ -298,15 +297,6 @@ module.exports = function createBaseConfig(env) {
 				summary: false,
 				clear: true,
 			}),
-			new WebpackManifestPlugin({
-				fileName: 'asset-manifest.json',
-				assetHookStage: webpack.Compiler.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_ANALYSE,
-				// TODO: Remove this next breaking change and use the full filepath from this manifest
-				// when referring to built assets, i.e.:
-				// https://github.com/preactjs/preact-cli/blob/master/packages/cli/src/resources/head-end.ejs#L1
-				// This is just to avoid any potentially breaking changes for right now.
-				publicPath: '',
-			}),
 			tsconfig &&
 				new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({
 					typescript: {

packages/cli/src/lib/webpack/render-html-plugin.js

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const CssMinimizerPlugin = require('css-minimizer-webpack-plugin');
 const { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer');
 const CrittersPlugin = require('critters-webpack-plugin');
 const renderHTMLPlugin = require('./render-html-plugin');
-const PushManifestPlugin = require('./push-manifest');
 const baseConfig = require('./webpack-base-config');
 const { InjectManifest } = require('workbox-webpack-plugin');
 const CompressionPlugin = require('compression-webpack-plugin');
@@ -123,7 +122,6 @@ async function clientConfig(env) {
 				'process.env.ADD_SW': env.sw,
 				'process.env.PRERENDER': env.prerender,
 			}),
-			new PushManifestPlugin(env.isProd),
 			...(await renderHTMLPlugin(env)),
 			copyPatterns.length !== 0 &&
 				new CopyWebpackPlugin({

packages/cli/src/lib/webpack/webpack-base-config.js

@@ -2,10 +2,3 @@
 <% if (cli.manifest.theme_color) { %>
 	<meta name="theme-color" content="<%= cli.manifest.theme_color %>">
 <% } %>
-<% const filesRegexp = cli.inlineCss ? /\.(chunk\.\w{5}\.css|js)$/ : /\.(css|js)$/;%>
-<% for (const file in cli.loadManifest[cli.url]) { %>
-	<% if (cli.preload && file && file.match(filesRegexp)) { %>
-		<% /* crossorigin for main bundle as that is loaded from `<script type=module` tag, other lazy loaded bundles are from webpack so its not needed */ %>
-		<link rel="preload" href="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.files.publicPath + file %>" as="<%= file.match(/\.css$/)?'style':'script' %>" <%= file.match(/bundle\.\w{5}\.(?<!legacy)\.js$/)?'crossorigin="anonymous"':'' %>>
-	<% } %>
-<% } %>