cli(node): Add node flags to CLI

bin/process-node-flags.js

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+const spawn = require("cross-spawn");
+const path = require("path");
+/**
+ * Lookup for prefixed arguments (node.)
+ * place them before webpack cli arguments and spawns
+ * a different process using these V8/Node flags.
+ * By Doing that, user has the power to provide any node options, e.g --max-old-space-size=1024
+ * and these are going to be correctly used.
+ *
+ * @param  {array} argv - Arguments input by the user directly to CLI
+ * @returns {Void} void
+ */
+module.exports = function(argv) {
+	const args = [path.join(__dirname, "webpack.js")];
+
+	argv.slice(2).forEach((arg) => {
+		if (arg.includes("node.")) {
+			args.unshift(arg.replace("node.", ""));
+		} else {
+			args.push(arg);
+		}
+	});
+
+	const webpackCliProcess = spawn(process.execPath, args, {
+		stdio: "inherit",
+	});
+
+	webpackCliProcess.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
+		process.on("exit", () => {
+			if (signal) {
+				process.kill(process.pid, signal);
+			} else {
+				process.exit(code);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+
+	/**
+	 * Terminate children
+	 * just in case the current one is terminated.
+	 */
+	process.on("SIGINT", () => {
+		webpackCliProcess.kill("SIGINT");
+		webpackCliProcess.kill("SIGTERM");
+	});
+
+};

bin/webpack.js

@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 		"info"
 	];
 
+	const nodeFlags = process.argv.filter((arg) => arg.includes("node."));
+
+	if (nodeFlags.length) {
+		require("./process-node-flags")(process.argv);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	const NON_COMPILATION_CMD = process.argv.find(arg => {
 		if (arg === "serve") {
 			global.process.argv = global.process.argv.filter(a => a !== "serve");
@@ -261,8 +268,8 @@ For more information, see https://webpack.js.org/api/cli/.`);
 		 */
 		const stdout = argv.silent
 			? {
-				write: () => {}
-			  } // eslint-disable-line
+				write: () => { }
+			} // eslint-disable-line
 			: process.stdout;
 
 		function ifArg(name, fn, init) {

test/binCases/node-flags/advanced/index.js

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+module.exports = "index";

test/binCases/node-flags/advanced/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = function testAssertions(code, stdout, stderr) {
+	expect(code).toBe(0);
+	expect(stdout).toEqual(expect.anything());
+	expect(stdout[5]).toContain("main.js");
+	expect(stdout[7]).toMatch(/index\.js.*\{0\}/);
+	expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);
+};

test/binCases/node-flags/advanced/test.opts

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--node.max_old_space_size=1024
+--node.no-warnings
+--node.turbo_jt
+--display-used-exports
+--display-entrypoints
+--profile
+--bail
+--labeled-modules
+--optimize-minimize
+--mode production
+./index.js

test/binCases/node-flags/only-node-flags/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = "index";

test/binCases/node-flags/only-node-flags/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = function testAssertions(code, stdout, stderr) {
+	expect(code).toBe(0);
+	expect(stdout).toEqual(expect.anything());
+	expect(stdout[5]).toContain("main.js");
+	expect(stdout[7]).toMatch(/index\.js.*\{0\}/);
+	expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);
+};

test/binCases/node-flags/only-node-flags/test.opts

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+--node.no-deprecation
+--node.no-warnings
+./index.js

test/binCases/node-flags/output/index.js

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = "index";

test/binCases/node-flags/output/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+"use strict";
+
+module.exports = function testAssertions(code, stdout, stderr) {
+	expect(code).toBe(0);
+	expect(stdout).toEqual(expect.anything());
+	expect(stdout[5]).toContain("main.js");
+	expect(stdout[7]).toMatch(/index\.js.*\{0\}/);
+	expect(stderr).toHaveLength(0);
+};

test/binCases/node-flags/output/test.opts

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+--node.no-deprecation
+--node.no-warnings
+--display-used-exports
+--display-entrypoints
+--mode production
+./index.js