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Generation of empty JS file in output folder from CSS only entry point #11671

@martinherweg

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@martinherweg

Bug report

My assumption was that with webpack 5 CSS only entry points don't generate a .JS file or that optimization.removeEmptyChunks removes the empty files

What is the current behavior?
CSS only entry points generate empty .JS file in output folder.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.
Test repo:
https://github.com/martinherweg/webpack-css-chunks

Clone repo, npm install and npm run webpack

What is the expected behavior?
No empty .JS file in output folder

Other relevant information:
webpack version: 5.1.0
Node.js version: 10.16.3
Operating System: Mac OS Catalina

Additional note:
Behaviour was discussed with @evilebottnawi in #7300 he suggested it being a bug and creating a new issue.

Thanks for your work.


Notes (need fix too):

'use strict';

const path = require('path');
const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require('mini-css-extract-plugin');

module.exports = {
  mode: 'development',
  output: {
    path: path.resolve('./dist'),
    filename: '[name].css'
  },
  stats: {
    children: true
  },
  name: 'scss',
  entry: {
    file1: path.resolve('./test1.scss'),
    file2: path.resolve('./test2.scss')
  },
  module: {
    rules: [
      {
        test: /(.)*\.scss$/,
        use: [
          MiniCssExtractPlugin.loader,
          'css-loader',
          'postcss-loader',
          {
            loader: 'sass-loader',
            options: {
              implementation: require('node-sass'),
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  plugins: [
    new MiniCssExtractPlugin()
  ]
};

Also not working because due Multiple assets emit different content to the same filename

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