feat: exportOnlyLocals option

README.md

@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ It's useful when you, for instance, need to post process the CSS as a string.
 |**[`sourceMap`](#sourcemap)**|`{Boolean}`|`false`|Enable/Disable Sourcemaps|
 |**[`camelCase`](#camelcase)**|`{Boolean\|String}`|`false`|Export Classnames in CamelCase|
 |**[`importLoaders`](#importloaders)**|`{Number}`|`0`|Number of loaders applied before CSS loader|
+|**[`exportOnlyLocals`](#exportonlylocals)**|`{Boolean}`|`false`|Export only locals|
 
 ### `url`
 
@@ -277,8 +278,6 @@ You can also specify the absolute path to your custom `getLocalIdent` function t
 }
 ```
 
-> ℹ️ For prerendering with extract-text-webpack-plugin you should use `css-loader/locals` instead of `style-loader!css-loader` **in the prerendering bundle**. It doesn't embed CSS but only exports the identifier mappings.
-
 ### `sourceMap`
 
 To include source maps set the `sourceMap` option.
@@ -352,6 +351,22 @@ The query parameter `importLoaders` allows you to configure how many loaders bef
 
 This may change in the future when the module system (i. e. webpack) supports loader matching by origin.
 
+### `exportOnlyLocals`
+
+Export only locals (**useful** when you use **css modules**).
+For pre-rendering with `mini-css-extract-plugin` you should use this option instead of `style-loader!css-loader` **in the pre-rendering bundle**. 
+It doesn't embed CSS but only exports the identifier mappings.
+
+**webpack.config.js**
+```js
+{
+  loader: 'css-loader',
+  options: {
+    exportOnlyLocals: true
+  }
+}
+```
+
 <h2 align="center">Examples</h2>
 
 ### Assets

lib/loader.js

@@ -47,11 +47,30 @@ module.exports = function loader(content, map) {
         return callback(err);
       }
 
-      let cssAsString = JSON.stringify(result.source);
-
       // for importing CSS
       const importUrlPrefix = getImportPrefix(this, options);
 
+      let exportJs = compileExports(
+        result,
+        placeholderImportItemReplacer(
+          this,
+          result,
+          importUrlPrefix,
+          options.exportOnlyLocals
+        ),
+        options.camelCase
+      );
+
+      if (options.exportOnlyLocals) {
+        if (exportJs) {
+          exportJs = `module.exports = ${exportJs};`;
+        }
+
+        return callback(null, exportJs);
+      }
+
+      let cssAsString = JSON.stringify(result.source);
+
       const alreadyImported = {};
       const importJs = result.importItems
         .filter((imp) => {
@@ -127,11 +146,6 @@ module.exports = function loader(content, map) {
         });
       }
 
-      let exportJs = compileExports(
-        result,
-        placeholderImportItemReplacer(this, result, importUrlPrefix),
-        options.camelCase
-      );
       if (exportJs) {
         exportJs = `exports.locals = ${exportJs};`;
       }