Automatic dependency extraction

[johnbillion]

The @wordpress/scripts package includes a really neat feature which calculates the dependencies of a script automatically, and writes them to a dependencies property in index.asset.php. The idea is that you pass this property into the $deps parameter when enqueuing the script, meaning you don't need to manually figure out your WordPress-provided script dependencies and keep them up to date.

I believe this functionality is provided by the @wordpress/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin package.

Is this something that could be bundled with Webpack Helpers?

[kadamwhite]

@johnbillion I would love this, but I don't think I have the bandwidth to tackle it right now. If you do, I'd prioritize reviewing a PR! If not, let's revisit later in the year.