Load favicon through html-loader. (facebook#428)

* Load favicon through html-loader.

Fixes facebook#291.

* Add test for *.ico in e2e test suite

* Configure html-loader to process <link href="...">

* Address feedback on html-loader inclusion.

* Place favicon.ico at the root of the build dir

* Make comment style consistent between prod and dev webpack configs

* Fix html-loader config in dev mode

config/paths.js

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ if (isInCreateReactAppSource) {
   module.exports = {
     appBuild: resolveOwn('../build'),
     appHtml: resolveOwn('../template/index.html'),
-    appFavicon: resolveOwn('../template/favicon.ico'),
     appPackageJson: resolveOwn('../package.json'),
     appStatic: resolveOwn('../template/static'),
     appSrc: resolveOwn('../template/src'),
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@ if (isInCreateReactAppSource) {
   module.exports = {
     appBuild: resolveApp('build'),
     appHtml: resolveApp('index.html'),
-    appFavicon: resolveApp('favicon.ico'),
     appPackageJson: resolveApp('package.json'),
     appStatic: resolveApp('static'),
     appSrc: resolveApp('src'),
@@ -61,7 +59,6 @@ if (isInCreateReactAppSource) {
   module.exports = {
     appBuild: resolveApp('build'),
     appHtml: resolveApp('index.html'),
-    appFavicon: resolveApp('favicon.ico'),
     appPackageJson: resolveApp('package.json'),
     appStatic: resolveApp('static'),
     appSrc: resolveApp('src'),

config/webpack.config.dev.js

@@ -127,13 +127,23 @@ module.exports = {
       // When you `import` an asset, you get its (virtual) filename.
       // In production, they would get copied to the `build` folder.
       {
-        test: /\.(jpg|png|gif|eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2)(\?.*)?$/,
+        test: /\.(ico|jpg|png|gif|eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2)(\?.*)?$/,
         include: [paths.appSrc, paths.appNodeModules],
+        exclude: /\/favicon.ico$/,
         loader: 'file',
         query: {
           name: 'static/media/[name].[ext]'
         }
       },
+      // A special case for favicon.ico to place it into build root directory.
+      {
+        test: /\/favicon.ico$/,
+        include: [paths.appSrc],
+        loader: 'file',
+        query: {
+          name: 'favicon.ico?[hash:8]'
+        }
+      },
       // "url" loader works just like "file" loader but it also embeds
       // assets smaller than specified size as data URLs to avoid requests.
       {
@@ -144,6 +154,15 @@ module.exports = {
           limit: 10000,
           name: 'static/media/[name].[ext]'
         }
+      },
+      // "html" loader is used to process template page (index.html) to resolve
+      // resources linked with <link href="./relative/path"> HTML tags.
+      {
+        test: /\.html$/,
+        loader: 'html',
+        query: {
+          attrs: ['link:href'],
+        }
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -170,7 +189,6 @@ module.exports = {
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
       inject: true,
       template: paths.appHtml,
-      favicon: paths.appFavicon,
     }),
     // Copy the static folder as-is to the build folder
     new CopyWebpackPlugin([

config/webpack.config.prod.js

@@ -127,23 +127,33 @@ module.exports = {
         loader: ExtractTextPlugin.extract('style', 'css?-autoprefixer!postcss')
         // Note: this won't work without `new ExtractTextPlugin()` in `plugins`.
       },
+      // JSON is not enabled by default in Webpack but both Node and Browserify
+      // allow it implicitly so we also enable it.
       {
-        // JSON is not enabled by default in Webpack but both Node and Browserify
-        // allow it implicitly so we also enable it.
         test: /\.json$/,
         include: [paths.appSrc, paths.appNodeModules],
         loader: 'json'
       },
+      // "file" loader makes sure those assets end up in the `build` folder.
+      // When you `import` an asset, you get its filename.
       {
-        // "file" loader makes sure those assets end up in the `build` folder.
-        // When you `import` an asset, you get its filename.
-        test: /\.(jpg|png|gif|eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2)(\?.*)?$/,
+        test: /\.(ico|jpg|png|gif|eot|svg|ttf|woff|woff2)(\?.*)?$/,
+        exclude: /\/favicon.ico$/,
         include: [paths.appSrc, paths.appNodeModules],
         loader: 'file',
         query: {
           name: 'static/media/[name].[hash:8].[ext]'
         }
       },
+      // A special case for favicon.ico to place it into build root directory.
+      {
+        test: /\/favicon.ico$/,
+        include: [paths.appSrc],
+        loader: 'file',
+        query: {
+          name: 'favicon.ico?[hash:8]'
+        }
+      },
       // "url" loader works just like "file" loader but it also embeds
       // assets smaller than specified size as data URLs to avoid requests.
       {
@@ -154,6 +164,15 @@ module.exports = {
           limit: 10000,
           name: 'static/media/[name].[hash:8].[ext]'
         }
+      },
+      // "html" loader is used to process template page (index.html) to resolve
+      // resources linked with <link href="./relative/path"> HTML tags.
+      {
+        test: /\.html$/,
+        loader: 'html',
+        query: {
+          attrs: ['link:href'],
+        }
       }
     ]
   },
@@ -182,7 +201,6 @@ module.exports = {
     new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
       inject: true,
       template: paths.appHtml,
-      favicon: paths.appFavicon,
       minify: {
         removeComments: true,
         collapseWhitespace: true,

package.json

@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "filesize": "3.3.0",
     "fs-extra": "0.30.0",
     "gzip-size": "3.0.0",
+    "html-loader": "0.4.3",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "2.22.0",
     "http-proxy-middleware": "0.17.0",
     "jest": "14.1.0",

tasks/e2e.sh

@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ test -e build/*.html
 test -e build/static/js/*.js
 test -e build/static/css/*.css
 test -e build/static/media/*.svg
+test -e build/favicon.ico
 
 # Run tests
 npm run test
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ test -e build/*.html
 test -e build/static/js/*.js
 test -e build/static/css/*.css
 test -e build/static/media/*.svg
+test -e build/favicon.ico
 
 # Run tests
 npm run test
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ test -e build/*.html
 test -e build/static/js/*.js
 test -e build/static/css/*.css
 test -e build/static/media/*.svg
+test -e build/favicon.ico
 
 # Run tests
 npm run test

template/index.html

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="./src/favicon.ico">
     <title>React App</title>
   </head>
   <body>