⛮ How to disable the remove Angular decorators @ngtools/webpack mess

hack-remove-decorators.js

const fs = require('fs');
const cwd = process.cwd();
const hackPath = `${cwd}/node_modules/@ngtools/webpack/src`
const hackFileName = `${hackPath}/angular_compiler_plugin.js`
const hackFileNameHacked = `${hackFileName}.hacked`

const log = '@ngtool/webpack angular decorators remove'
const hack = () => {
    if (!fs.existsSync(hackFileNameHacked)) {
        const problemCode = fs.readFileSync(hackFileName).toString('utf-8').split('\n');
        for(let index in problemCode) {
            let line = problemCode[index];
            if (line.includes('removeDecorators')) {
                if (!line.startsWith('//')) {
                    line = '//' + line;
                    problemCode[index] = line;
                }
                break;
            }
        }
        const generatedHack = problemCode.join('\n');
        fs.writeFileSync(hackFileName, generatedHack)
        fs.writeFile(hackFileNameHacked, log, function(err) {
            if(err) {
                throw err;
            }
            console.log(`${log} hack is cached`)
        });
        console.log(`${log} is commented now`)
    } else {
        console.log(`${log} hack is cached`)
    }
}

module.exports.hack = hack;

webpack.prod.js

    if (options.AOT ) {

        require('./hack-remove-decorators').hack();
        // it is important so that you hack it before you load the AngularCompilerPlugin 
        const AngularCompilerPlugin = require('@ngtools/webpack').AngularCompilerPlugin;

        plugins.push(
            new AngularCompilerPlugin({
                tsConfigPath: root('./tsconfig.aot.json'),
                entryModule: root('/module#Module'),
//                skipCodeGeneration: true,
            })

        )
    }

I use the latest, I think it is the build .json you are using, that could be causing this. I use it and works, inline and with require as well. Actually, I do not use templateUrl, that's for sure.

it looks like for me since i started using the pure webpack it started working, i think the error is in grunt-webpack, that's when this error occurs.

FYI: webpack-contrib/grunt-webpack#168

the actual error was in the grunt-webpack package, i created a grunt task as above and now it works webpack-contrib/grunt-webpack#168 (comment)

Where do i edit/put these fields? In @ngtools/webpack/src?