Add file with variables at build time?

[ssuess]

I have a version.txt file that I include with my PWA and upload to the server to force a few things to happen during updates (and to make PWAs work they way they need to across all platforms). I have found that I can get it to be included in the build if I add it to the public folder, but I would like to insert one or more variables into it in a similar way that htmlVariables works in the index.template.html file. Obviously just including any of those in the file does not work. Do I need to use a separate post build, self-defined process like afterBuild described here: https://quasar.dev/quasar-cli/quasar-conf-js#property-build or is there an easier way to just replace some variables in this file? Thanks!

[ssuess]

Or is there some completely other process I should be using to add a file (that is my own) to the build output but needs some variables supplied at build time?

[ssuess]

Ok I figured this out. First install this package:

npm i create-file-webpack --save-dev

Then inside quasar.conf.js add this line at the top:

const CreateFileWebpack = require('create-file-webpack')

Then after extendWebpack (cfg) { add something like

extendWebpack (cfg) {
        cfg.plugins.push(new CreateFileWebpack({
          path: 'builds/prod',
          // file name
          fileName: 'version.txt',
          // content of the file
          content: '{ "version": "' + Date.now() + '" }'
        })),

Works great!

[jitendra1607]

if you just want to add existing file then add this script to package.json file

"postbuild": "run-s copyfile",
"copyfile": "cp -r /Applications/from_directory/version.txt /Applications/dist/version.txt"