Option to change the output directory

[Chris2011]

Issue description

I want to create a new folder called reports, which should not be part of the output.path of the webpack bundle. It should be a separate path, that I can choose with an option, to generate the stats.json file there.

Technical info

• Webpack Bundle Analyzer version: 2.13.1
• Webpack version: 3.6.0
• Node.js version: 8.9.4
• npm/yarn version: 5.6.0
• OS: Windows 10 (64 Bit)

Debug info

How do you use this module? As CLI utility or as plugin?
As a plugin, with options

If CLI, what command was used? (e.g. webpack-bundle-analyzer -O path/to/stats.json)
webpack-bundle-analyzer ./dist/stats.json (Only for reading the generated file with a custom npm script.)

If plugin, what options were provided? (e.g. new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({ analyzerMode: 'disabled', generateStatsFile: true }))

{
   generateStatsFile: true,
   analyzerMode: 'static',
   openAnalyzer: false
}

What other Webpack plugins were used?
CopyWebpackPlugin
SpriteLoaderPlugin

It would be nice to also attach webpack stats file.
It can be generated using these options:

new BundleAnalyzerPlugin({
  analyzerMode: 'disabled',
  generateStatsFile: true,
  // Excludes module sources from stats file so there won't be any sensitive data
  statsOptions: { source: false }
})`

stats.json will be created in Webpack bundle output directory.

[valscion]

Did you try using statsFilename: '../../some/other/dir/stats.json way? The path is relative to the build output directory, but I think you can traverse from there to another directory.

[valscion]

You can also pass an absolute filepath for statsFilename option to generate the stats.json to any directory.

[valscion]

Let me know if these solutions work for you, or if you have additional questions. I'm going to close this issue for now as I think we already support what you're asking ☺️

[Chris2011]

Thx, it is working as expected. It wasn't clear. I should have test it before. Thx.