output.target vs. output.chunkFormat – why not documented properly ?

[projektorius96]

TL;DR We should know what targets / formats we are dealing with at first glance , not somewhere in the middle of story of nowhere . Please adjust the documentation of webpack , making more digestible bite for "Getting started", webpack considered daunting exactly due to this. I am telling you this as junior-to-mid developer . This is an honest review the contribution of webpack should pay their attention at .

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With reference to the titled & what I've found having a look at source code , in my opinion, not very well documented . What I figured out should be properly explained one or the other way, as for an example:

• output.target ( default:web [if no browserlist installed] | other values) – meant to denote the output (bundle) format ;

NOTE : the target is relatively global configuration , may be overwritten by output.chunkFormat, unless the .chunkFormat() set to false (default) to accept global target configuration !

• 'output.chunkFormat' (default:false other values: 'array-push' | 'commonjs' | 'module' | ) – by default it listens for global of output.target unless specified other than default value .

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In case I have misinterpreted something , please correct me , but with correspondence how things been documented till-up-date, I would not judge myself too much even if mistaken . It's always good to clarify . Thank you .