How can I copy files from a directory without it creating the whole source structure?

[charliedavison]

I'm trying to use CopyWebpackPlugin to copy some files out of my node_modules folder and into my build folder.

new CopyWebpackPlugin([
     { from: 'node_modules/accounting/**', to: 'vendor/npm/' },
     { from: 'node_modules/angular/**', to: 'vendor/npm/' },

I would expect this to output to my build folder /build/vendor/npm/accounting and build/vendor/npm/angular respectively, but instead a node_modules folder is created - the files are actually outputted to build/vendor/npm/node_modules/accounting.

How can I prevent the node_modules folder being created and get my expected output?

[EdBoucher]

If you check out the branch referenced in this PR you can add a transformPath function to get the files into the right directory: #284

[bjbrewster]

For anyone else coming here from Google, transformPath is not in latest Webpack CopyWebpackPlugin. You would instead use the context arg like this:

      { context: 'node_modules/', from: 'accounting/**/*', to: 'vendor/npm/' },