Add `__entry` and `__entryPath` to the global template variables

index.js

@@ -204,6 +204,14 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.apply = function (compiler) {
   });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Resolves a request to a real file path
+ */
+HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.getResolvedFilename = function (request, compiler) {
+  var requestWithoutLoaders = this.options.template.replace(/^.+!/, '').replace(/\?.+$/, '');
+  return Promise.promisify(compiler.resolvers.normal.resolve)(compiler.context, requestWithoutLoaders);
+};
+
 /**
  * Evaluates the child compilation result
  * Returns a promise
@@ -212,23 +220,32 @@ HtmlWebpackPlugin.prototype.evaluateCompilationResult = function (compilation, s
   if (!source) {
     return Promise.reject('The child compilation didn\'t provide a result');
   }
+  return this.getResolvedFilename(this.options.template, compilation.compiler)
+    .then(function (templatePath) {
+      // The LibraryTemplatePlugin stores the template result in a local variable.
+      // To extract the result during the evaluation this part has to be removed.
+      source = source.replace('var HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN_RESULT =', '');
 
-  // The LibraryTemplatePlugin stores the template result in a local variable.
-  // To extract the result during the evaluation this part has to be removed.
-  source = source.replace('var HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN_RESULT =', '');
-  var template = this.options.template.replace(/^.+!/, '').replace(/\?.+$/, '');
-  var vmContext = vm.createContext(_.extend({HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN: true, require: require}, global));
-  var vmScript = new vm.Script(source, {filename: template});
-  // Evaluate code and cast to string
-  var newSource;
-  try {
-    newSource = vmScript.runInContext(vmContext);
-  } catch (e) {
-    return Promise.reject(e);
-  }
-  return typeof newSource === 'string' || typeof newSource === 'function'
-    ? Promise.resolve(newSource)
-    : Promise.reject('The loader "' + this.options.template + '" didn\'t return html.');
+      var vmContext = vm.createContext(_.extend({
+        HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN: true,
+        require: require,
+        __entry: templatePath,
+        __entryPath: path.dirname(templatePath)
+      }, global));
+
+      var vmScript = new vm.Script(source, {filename: path.basename(templatePath)});
+      // Evaluate code and cast to string
+      var newSource;
+      try {
+        newSource = vmScript.runInContext(vmContext);
+      } catch (templateEvaluationError) {
+        return Promise.reject(templateEvaluationError);
+      }
+      // Verify that the template result is a template function or a template string
+      return typeof newSource === 'string' || typeof newSource === 'function'
+        ? Promise.resolve(newSource)
+        : Promise.reject('The loader "' + this.options.template + '" didn\'t return html.');
+    });
 };
 
 /**

lib/compiler.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ var NodeTargetPlugin = require('webpack/lib/node/NodeTargetPlugin');
 var LoaderTargetPlugin = require('webpack/lib/LoaderTargetPlugin');
 var LibraryTemplatePlugin = require('webpack/lib/LibraryTemplatePlugin');
 var SingleEntryPlugin = require('webpack/lib/SingleEntryPlugin');
+var NodeStuffPlugin = require('webpack/lib/NodeStuffPlugin');
 
 /**
  * Compiles the template into a nodejs factory, adds its to the compilation.assets
@@ -46,11 +47,15 @@ module.exports.compileTemplate = function compileTemplate (template, context, ou
   var childCompiler = compilation.createChildCompiler(compilerName, outputOptions);
   childCompiler.context = context;
   childCompiler.apply(
-    new NodeTemplatePlugin(outputOptions),
-    new NodeTargetPlugin(),
     new LibraryTemplatePlugin('HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN_RESULT', 'var'),
     new SingleEntryPlugin(this.context, template),
-    new LoaderTargetPlugin('node')
+    new NodeTemplatePlugin(outputOptions),
+    new NodeTargetPlugin(),
+    new LoaderTargetPlugin('node'),
+    new NodeStuffPlugin({
+      __dirname: false,
+      __filename: false
+    })
   );
 
   // Fix for "Uncaught TypeError: __webpack_require__(...) is not a function"

package.json

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "prepublish": "npm run test",
     "pretest": "semistandard",
     "build-examples": "node examples/build-examples.js",
-    "test": "jasmine"
+    "test": "jasmine --verbose --captureExceptions"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -37,28 +37,29 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "appcache-webpack-plugin": "^1.3.0",
-    "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
-    "dir-compare": "1.0.1",
+    "css-loader": "^0.25.0",
+    "dir-compare": "1.1.0",
     "es6-promise": "^3.2.1",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.9.0",
     "html-loader": "^0.4.3",
     "jade": "^1.11.0",
     "jade-loader": "^0.8.0",
-    "jasmine": "^2.4.1",
+    "jasmine": "^2.5.1",
+    "jasmine-console-reporter": "^1.2.7",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.4",
     "semistandard": "^8.0.0",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.1",
     "underscore-template-loader": "^0.7.3",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
-    "webpack": "^1.13.1",
+    "webpack": "^1.13.2",
     "webpack-recompilation-simulator": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "bluebird": "^3.4.1",
+    "bluebird": "^3.4.6",
     "html-minifier": "^3.0.2",
     "loader-utils": "^0.2.15",
-    "lodash": "^4.14.2",
+    "lodash": "^4.15.0",
     "pretty-error": "^2.0.0",
     "toposort": "^1.0.0"
   },

spec/BasicSpec.js

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('../index.js');
 var OUTPUT_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '../dist');
 
 jasmine.getEnv().defaultTimeoutInterval = 30000;
+var JasmineConsoleReporter = require('jasmine-console-reporter');
+jasmine.getEnv().addReporter(new JasmineConsoleReporter({
+  colors: 1,
+  cleanStack: 1,
+  verbosity: 4,
+  listStyle: 'indent',
+  activity: false
+}));
 
 function testHtmlPlugin (webpackConfig, expectedResults, outputFile, done, expectErrors, expectWarnings) {
   outputFile = outputFile || 'index.html';
@@ -1114,7 +1122,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
           template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/non-existing-template.html')
         })
       ]
-    }, ['Child compilation failed:\n  Entry module not found:'], null, done, true);
+    }, ['Error: Cannot resolve'], null, done, true);
   });
 
   it('should sort the chunks in auto mode', function (done) {
@@ -1240,6 +1248,28 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
     }, ['templateParams.compilation exists: true'], null, done);
   });
 
+  it('should provide globals to the template compilation', function (done) {
+    var template = path.resolve(__dirname, 'fixtures/templateGlobals.js');
+    var templatePath = path.dirname(template);
+    testHtmlPlugin({
+      entry: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js'),
+      output: {
+        path: OUTPUT_DIR,
+        filename: 'index_bundle.js'
+      },
+      plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+          template: template,
+          inject: false
+        })
+      ]
+    }, [
+      '"__entry":"' + template + '"',
+      '"__entryPath":"' + templatePath + '"',
+      '"HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN":true'
+    ], null, done);
+  });
+
   it('should not treat templateContent set to an empty string as missing', function (done) {
     testHtmlPlugin({
       entry: {app: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/index.js')},

spec/fixtures/templateGlobals.js

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = function (templateParams) {
+  return JSON.stringify({
+    __entry: global.__entry,
+    __entryPath: global.__entryPath,
+    HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN: global.HTML_WEBPACK_PLUGIN
+  });
+};