output path is wrong when using webpack-dev-server

[bennettrogers]

Just a heads up that due to what appears to be a bug in webpack, the output path used by this plugin is incorrect when using the CLI for the webpack-dev-server. It doesn't seem to be fixed as of webpack v2.1.0-beta.21.

The gist is that when using the dev-server, webpack overwrites the output.path specified in the config and sets it to "/". This means that this plugin tries to write its output html to a path based at the filesystem root (which will likely fail with a permission error).

This problem doesn't happen when using the webpack-dev-server via its API (rather than the CLI).

[anvk]

It would help so many people if this issue is resolved.

[CaptEmulation]

@anvk you can now pass in an outputPath option to the HtmlWebpackHardiskPlugin constructor to output to a specific location. See #6. Available with version 0.1.0 and above.