JavaScriptExample
diff --git a/‎lib/ContextModule.js‎
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diff --git a/‎lib/dependencies/RequireContextDependency.js‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 1 deletion b/‎lib/dependencies/RequireContextDependency.js‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎lib/dependencies/RequireContextDependencyParserPlugin.js‎
Lines changed: 15 additions & 1 deletion b/‎lib/dependencies/RequireContextDependencyParserPlugin.js‎
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@@ -140,6 +140,28 @@ class ContextModule extends Module {
 					this.addBlock(block);
 				}
 
+			} else if(this.async === 'weak-context') {
+
+				// store the dependences in a different key than `this.dependences`
+				// to prevent them from being bundled in the parent
+				this.weakDependencies = dependencies;
+
+				// if we are lazy create a new async dependency block per dependency
+				// and add all blocks to this context
+				dependencies.forEach((dep, idx) => {
+					let chunkName = this.chunkName;
+
+					if(chunkName) {
+						if(!/\[(index|request)\]/.test(chunkName))
+							chunkName += "[index]";
+						chunkName = chunkName.replace(/\[index\]/g, idx);
+						chunkName = chunkName.replace(/\[request\]/g, Template.toPath(dep.userRequest));
+					}
+					const block = new AsyncDependenciesBlock(chunkName, dep.module, dep.loc);
+					block.addDependency(dep);
+					this.addBlock(block);
+				});
+
 			} else {
 
 				// if we are lazy create a new async dependency block per dependency
@@ -307,6 +329,9 @@ webpackEmptyAsyncContext.id = ${JSON.stringify(id)};`;
 	}
 
 	getSourceString(asyncMode, outputOptions, requestShortener) {
+		if(asyncMode === 'weak-context') {
+			return this.getSyncSource(this.weakDependencies, this.id);
+		}
 		if(asyncMode === "lazy") {
 			if(this.blocks && this.blocks.length > 0) {
 				return this.getLazySource(this.blocks, this.id);
 
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ const ContextDependency = require("./ContextDependency");
 const ModuleDependencyTemplateAsRequireId = require("./ModuleDependencyTemplateAsRequireId");
 
 class RequireContextDependency extends ContextDependency {
-	constructor(request, recursive, regExp, range) {
+	constructor(request, recursive, regExp, weak, chunkName, range) {
 		super(request, recursive, regExp);
 		this.range = range;
+
+		if (weak) {
+			this.async = 'weak-context';
+			this.chunkName = chunkName;
+		}
 	}
 
 	get type() {
 
@@ -11,7 +11,21 @@ module.exports = class RequireContextDependencyParserPlugin {
 		parser.plugin("call require.context", expr => {
 			let regExp = /^\.\/.*$/;
 			let recursive = true;
+			let weak = false;
+			let chunkName;
 			switch(expr.arguments.length) {
+				case 5:
+					{
+						const chunkNameExpr = parser.evaluateExpression(expr.arguments[4]);
+						if(!chunkNameExpr.isString()) return;
+						chunkName = chunkNameExpr.string;
+					}
+				case 4:
+					{
+						const weakExpr = parser.evaluateExpression(expr.arguments[3]);
+						if(!weakExpr.isBoolean()) return;
+						weak = weakExpr.bool;
+					}
 				case 3:
 					{
 						const regExpExpr = parser.evaluateExpression(expr.arguments[2]);
@@ -30,7 +44,7 @@ module.exports = class RequireContextDependencyParserPlugin {
 					{
 						const requestExpr = parser.evaluateExpression(expr.arguments[0]);
 						if(!requestExpr.isString()) return;
-						const dep = new RequireContextDependency(requestExpr.string, recursive, regExp, expr.range);
+						const dep = new RequireContextDependency(requestExpr.string, recursive, regExp, weak, chunkName, expr.range);
 						dep.loc = expr.loc;
 						dep.optional = parser.scope.inTry;
 						parser.state.current.addDependency(dep);