remove clean-webpack-plugin

Author: slorber

packages/docusaurus/src/commands/build/buildLocale.ts

@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ export async function buildLocale({
           }),
 
           // We also clear website/build dir
-          // void, no useful result but need to be done before compilation
+          // returns void, no useful result needed before compilation
+          // See also https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/11037
           clearPath(outDir),
         ]),
     );

packages/docusaurus/src/commands/clear.ts

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ import {
 import clearPath from './utils/clearPath';
 
 async function removePath(entry: {path: string; description: string}) {
+  if (!(await fs.pathExists(entry.path))) {
+    return;
+  }
   try {
     await clearPath(entry.path);
     logger.success`Removed the ${entry.description} at path=${path.relative(

packages/docusaurus/src/commands/utils/clearPath.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
+import {rm} from 'fs/promises';
 import {PerfLogger} from '@docusaurus/logger';
 
 /**
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ export default async function clearPath(pathToClear: string): Promise<void> {
   return PerfLogger.async(
     `clearPath ${path.relative(process.cwd(), pathToClear)}`,
     async () => {
-      if (!(await fs.pathExists(pathToClear))) {
-        return;
-      }
-      await fs.remove(pathToClear);
+      await rm(pathToClear, {recursive: true, force: true});
     },
   );
 }