All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
* Support type=module via scriptLoading option ([1e42625](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/1e4262528ff02a83e1fc7739b42472680fd205c2)), closes [#1663](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1663)
* allow to modify the interpolation options in webpack config ([d654f5b](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/d654f5b90022304335b372d424ff4c08d3a9d341))
* drop loader-utils dependency ([41d7a50](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/41d7a50516aefd1af2704e3837d5d41351c6199b))
* omit html tag attribute with null/undefined/false value ([aa6e78d](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/aa6e78d1430c17d9cf05550b2c9f73a9a0c0166c)), closes [#1598](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1598)
* Drop support for `webpack` 4 and `node` <= 10 - For older webpack or node versions please use `html-webpack-plugin` 4.x
* Entry javascript resources are now beeing loaded deferred in the `<head>` tag to improve the page load performance by default - You can set the `scriptLoading` option to `'blocking'` to keep the previous behaviour
* Setting publicPath to `''` (an empty string) will no longer calculate a relative path from the html file to the assets anymore - You can set the `publicPath` option to `'auto'` to keep the previous behaviour
* Plugins for `html-webpack-plugin` which add additional assetTags should provide a `meta` attribute
* Drop support for `appcache-webpack-plugin`
### Features
* drop `webpack` 4 and `node` <= 10 support to make use of the latest APIs ([b7a9e8f](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b7a9e8f2a3c146cfec8f5c42888abd6aa0cde0b9))
* use the new webpack 5 APIs and create html files during the new `webpack.Compilation.PROCESS_ASSETS_STAGE_ADDITIONS` compilation stage ([8964bc4](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/8964bc4182e41807a564d3000217a40bc5f93ad2), [b6895cb](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b6895cb5b85b1e6e850f638470cf9b839d421516), [a97234e](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/a97234ead5ea2dbba07a6e6a70c5ddb6a5a3c288), [1b59e09](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/1b59e0944f561b264f11847ef245c9fc3f05b80f), [4fca596](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/4fca5965315c49f6706812d9fdf6c7284d23d75b), [ed64a6b](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/ed64a6b35fe9cdbc610e9b766700f3b2fc2b8e4c), [86245db](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/86245db670a9b3bdd0e2aba9f2031745a98434c7), [50b3bec](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/50b3bec51a43289d6d1b4e1e6439560eb791576f), [c697725](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c697725e9f4dd990bd4b7927bbfa7b826d2f36f2))
* allow generating one file per chunk with the new `'[name]'` placeholder for the `filename` option ([cd5bd2a](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/cd5bd2afc902bbe5a5ceec4756ef634a26aa1332), [3d9ff48](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/3d9ff48543d04d9f7c3440bfefb43751775a9e81))
* the `filename` option can now be a function ([c5beb4b](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c5beb4bd16e4916b5355c300abebf9d7d3c587da))
* add support for `'auto'` public paths inside templates ([a059fcf](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/a059fcf32d94aaaa738359cedce0b0e4af68f0de), [b09b439](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b09b439f50ecb75994acde2eb2967ad690ff1cf0))
* use defer as default script loading mechanism ([35b6b87](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/35b6b878db17f0f5704a187b336a14fdd58cedfc))
* allow to set publicPath to an empty string `''` ([5ea7de4](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/5ea7de4ba271813835be700316c8a1763b205d2d))
* provide public path to the alterAssetTagGroups hook ([1b54dfb](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/1b54dfbd62c0d0df10dd3d2be9937626142d518f))
* provide public path to the alterAssetTags hook ([b754626](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b75462653d11803a428b1d29479e259c3010163f))
* use `thisCompilation` in child compiler for faster builds ([1d59e9a](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/1d59e9a71ddba1429168c42569a7bd9bdd363f4f))
* export new major in static property ([8b692bd](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/8b692bd7cc0b75ddf55f47da317eed9bd19dab91))
* generate html files even if no webpack entry exists ([2693dfa](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/2693dfaf4c94625eab86afadfd0e4d8822092d6b))
* keep binary format when adding assets ([7e2b208](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/7e2b208634e26299c509e0c6b3189e01e4c3d3df)), closes [#1537](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1537)
* inject javascripts in the <head> tag for inject:true and scriptLoading:'defer' ([4f7064e](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/4f7064ee56fe710e8f416018956647a72c270fb1))
* Prevent "cannot read property info of undefined" when reading meta information from assets ([253ce30](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/253ce30))
* use modern icon tag rel attribute for favicons ([c40dd85](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c40dd85))
* don't add dependencies twice to the webpack 5 watcher api ([ceafe14](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/ceafe143650749a5f53a14411dc1b762e252ec44))
* prevent scripts marked as hotModuleReplacement from being added to the html file ([119252a](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/119252a381bf43dea37c1be64f90c10bebc21302))
* add webpack, tapable and html-minifier-terser as dependencies because of types.d.ts ([238da81](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/238da8123950f87267954fd448f3e6b0fb1ead17))
* update typedefs to match with html-minifier-terser ([2698c7e](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/2698c7e45a7f12113a07b256dc400ec89666130d))
The summary can be found in the [**release blog post**](https://dev.to/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin-4-has-been-released-125d).
### Bug Fixes
* Add dependencies from the child compilation to the main compilation ([27c3e72](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/27c3e727b073701bfc739859d8325435d27cbf35))
* Add typing for assets(Close jantimon[#1243](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1243)) ([9fef060](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/9fef0603eb532b3e6a1e8871b4568e62f9bba1a3))
* allow `contenthash` along with `templatehash` ([049d4d3](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/049d4d3436092b8beff3f5745e77b20f1c168c4c)), closes [#1033](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1033)
* Catch and ignore pretty-error errors ([2056139](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/2056139a9533ff9487506531491c0e5a94003607)), closes [#921](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/921)
* Drop @types/webpack dependency ([d4eb1c7](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/d4eb1c749316af3964126606fe6c70a233c30fef))
* Improve perfomance for appcache files ([b94e043](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b94e0434f5dbb06ee2179e91ebaa2ce7801937e0))
* load script files before style files files in defer script loading mode ([97f9fb9](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/97f9fb9a68e4d3c3c9453296c352e831f7546937))
* Prevent chunks from beeing added multiple times ([d65b37d](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/d65b37d2c588047e0d81a38f4645fcdb3ead0b9e))
* Prevent lodash from being inlined to work around a babel-loader incompatibility ([7f21910](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/7f21910707a2b53a9a5da3ac9e4b01e36147402f)), closes [#1223](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1223)
* Remove compilation.getStats() call for performance reasons ([7005a55](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/7005a557529bee948c5ef0a1b8b44a1a41a28417))
* remove useless links for options ([#1153](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1153)) ([267e0e0](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/267e0e0eac155569c822c34f120490bdf3f56d43))
* Update references to html-minifier ([24bf1b5](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/24bf1b5e2a0d087b30d057d1780d8f495aa01e26)), closes [#1311](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1311)
* **typings.d.ts:** added apply method type to HtmlWwbpackPlugin class definitoin ([8b7255f](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/8b7255f555423dd1bfa51a3c28700e4bd116f97b)), closes [jantimon#1244](https://github.com/jantimon/issues/1244)
* rename `contenthash` to `templatehash` ([4c11c5d](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/4c11c5dfde9d87d71dce9cf51864648f8e42b912))
* small type. minifcation instead of minification ([#1154](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1154)) ([56037a6](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/56037a6b2ae4a7606b54f5af213b6a2b8145f95e))
* Use src/index.ejs by default if present ([#1167](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1167)) ([c27e5e4](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c27e5e46a334d9c1e177a521ea7c9a5ba3c6d980))
* **chunksorter:** Don't sort chunks by default ([22fb03f](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/22fb03fb17fdb37d5ce6de00af154b5575a02d3a))
* **loader:** switch to loaderUtils.getOptions ([a0a0f0d](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/a0a0f0dc755fbc3249aa2e1d1c6a4dd307ab8e8a))
* **README:** adds a link to template option documentation ([f40aeae](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/f40aeae312af73c6c5263cd99e81069f41d3b699))
* Update lodash to 4.17.10 ([cc3bf49](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/cc3bf4909605879993c22e3048ee520dbdc8fa49))
### Code Refactoring
* Change the structure of the internal assets object ([37db086](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/37db0868efdbf334a1b60003fe5bd376cfd8ae01))
* Changed hook names and arguments - the hook order is 'beforeAssetTagGeneration', 'alterAssetTags', 'alterAssetTagGroups', 'afterTemplateExecution', 'beforeEmit', 'afterEmit' ([14b4456](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/14b4456ba67a5b85421b558bbd5f1d59c7b410b3))
* Use Webpack 4 APIs ([47efdea](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/47efdeaf17806f7d4e26aefacc748a92077f904a))
### Features
* add `.toString` implementation to htmlTags to allow easier rendering ([34d8aa5](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/34d8aa572c7acc59c26f3b5d15bf489a07aa4c24))
* Add default viewport meta tag for default template ([302e39e](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/302e39e30013b5828bb6c9e7036db951f70d0cf5)), closes [#897](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/897) [#978](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/978)
* Add support for relative publicPath ([dbbdd81](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/dbbdd81de570dd181ea0905a6445fdeb5a784912))
* Add support for <base> tag ([#1160](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1160)) ([c5d4b86](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c5d4b869c196c59cdd6a9c30db58f1f8be07a820))
* Add support for minifying inline ES6 inside html templates ([c66766c](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c66766cdae3593091dee413b9c585359c24ef068)), closes [#1262](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1262)
* Add support for the [contenthash] placeholder inside htm file names ([ae8233a](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/ae8233a04d4105b6e970feaa2c5e11c0b48fd4b7))
* Add typings to package.json ([a524e8f](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/a524e8f24e905d5e51fedd50d33a41328a9b87eb)), closes [#1132](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/1132)
* Allow to return async template parameters ([99f9362](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/99f9362703055baf0029b8852cb5339b6218829d))
* drop workaround for "Uncaught TypeError: __webpack_require__(...) is not a function" to be compatible with webpack 5 ([15ad0d2](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/15ad0d260443edfdcc953fa08c675c90c063bac7))
* Export major version of this plugin ([6ae6f48](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/6ae6f48ecf92b080809d68092ee8c6825edfe5a4))
* merge templateParameters with default template parameters ([1d66e53](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/1d66e5333bc2aeb8caadf96e572af756d3708d19))
* Provide a verbose error message if html minification failed ([7df269f](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/7df269fd2a840d0800cb259bd559edb0b766e7ab))
* **compiler:** Use a single compiler for multiple plugin instances ([f29ae88](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/f29ae886d7fad50e7fbb78ac7ff7d5bd9bc47f49))
* **compiler:** Use timestamps to verify cache validity ([0ebcd17](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/0ebcd1776132262b799f2814659f4d90c3f3c1b3))
* Remove type="text/javascript" from injected script tags ([b46bf67](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b46bf67ae4492a12b60c42c7d26831e480522b49))
* Replace jade with pug in examples ([d7ec407](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/d7ec4078c85b3ed9c2ff84e10fe75392f26a6130))
* Switch from jasmine to jest ([ae1f435](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/ae1f43527945c8ae953c2ba549631f2d090e003a))
* **hooks:** Add a helper for easier hook access ([b6dec4b](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/b6dec4bf1072509282756e8d83ef6ee447485f3a))
* **hooks:** Provide static getHook method for access to all html-webpack-plugin hooks ([#995](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/995)) ([82b34a1](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/82b34a1dd2e96cbcd715fafe4e97073efd30cc9f))
* Simplify <meta> element and charset attribute ([55313be](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/55313bee9b82ea79157085e48bba4fa2ebfef6a4))
* support ES6 template string in default loader ([d6b65dd](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/d6b65dd1531038deac1be87c2087da5955903d24)), closes [#950](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/950)
* Use jsdoc for static typing ([a6b8d2d](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/a6b8d2dcf3b1183d50589b869162b972ad32de4d))
* Use webpack 4 entries api to extract asset information ([342867e](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/342867e1edb7c2a8748b0aca396f160f0b13d42e))
* **html-tags:** Add a helper to create html-tags ([ee6a165](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/ee6a165425a6b47dff341fb651848ec5727d7f7e))
### BREAKING CHANGES
* **defaults:** Use src/index.ejs if no template option is set.
* **defaults:** The default template has now a predefined viewport meta tag
* **defaults:** The default meta utf-8 declaration was changed to <meta charset="utf-8"/>
* **hooks:** Renamed beforeHtmlGeneration hook to beforeAssetTagGeneration
* **hooks:** Renamed beforeHtmlProcessing hook to alterAssetTags
* **hooks:** Renamed afterHtmlProcessing hook to beforeEmit
* **hooks:** The html-webpack-plugin doesn't add its hooks to the compilation object anymore
* The assets object which is used for the template parameters and inside hooks was changed. The chunks property was removed and the js and css property was converted from a string into an object `{ entryName: string, path: string}`
* The mimetype information "text/javascript" is removed from all generated script
tags
* Remove selfClosingTag attribute
* Template strings inside templates are now disabled by default
* Dropped support for Webpack 1 - 3
* Template variable webpack was removed
* **chunksorter:** Chunks aren't sorted anymore by default
* Allow to overwrite the templateParameter [#830](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/830) ([c5e32d3](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/c5e32d3))
* **compiler:** Fallback to 3.0.7 because of [#900](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/900) ([05ee29b](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/05ee29b))
* **compiler:** Set single entry name [#895](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/895) ([26dcb98](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/26dcb98))
* **performance:** Reduce the amount of chunk information gathered based on #825 ([06c59a7](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/06c59a7))
* **query-loader:** In case no query is provided, return an empty object. This fixes #727 ([7587754](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/commit/7587754))
* Add support for the new [webpack tapable](https://github.com/webpack/tapable) to be compatible with webpack 4.x
* Remove bluebird dependency
### BREAKING CHANGES
* Similar to webpack 4.x the support for node versions older than 6 are no longer supported
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## 2.30.1
* Revert part the performance optimization ([#723](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/pull/723)) because of [#753](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/753).
* Add `html-webpack-plugin-alter-asset-tags` event to allow plugins to adjust the script/link tags
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## 2.20.0
* Exclude chunks works now even if combined with dependency sort
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## 2.19.0
* Add `html-webpack-plugin-alter-chunks` event for custom chunk sorting and interpolation
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## 2.18.0
* Updated all dependencies
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## 2.17.0
* Add `type` attribute to `script` element to prevent issues in Safari 9.1.1
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## 2.16.2
* Fix bug introduced by 2.16.2. Fixes [#315](https://github.com/jantimon/html-webpack-plugin/issues/315)
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## 2.16.1
* Fix hot module replacement for webpack 2.x
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## 2.16.0
* Add support for dynamic filenames like index[hash].html
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## 2.15.0
* Add full unit test coverage for the webpack 2 beta version
* For webpack 2 the default sort will be 'dependency' instead of 'id'
* Upgrade dependencies
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## 2.14.0
* Export publicPath to the template
* Add example for inlining css and js
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## 2.13.0
* Add support for absolute output file names
* Add support for relative file names outside the output path
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## 2.12.0
* Basic Webpack 2.x support #225
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## 2.11.0
* Add `xhtml` option which is turned of by default. When activated it will inject self closed `<link href=".." />` tags instead of unclosed `<link href="..">` tags. ([#255](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/pull/255))
* Add support for webpack placeholders inside the public path e.g. `'/dist/[hash]/'`. ([#249](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/pull/249))
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## 2.10.0
* Add `hash` field to the chunk object
* Add `compilation` field to the templateParam object ([#237](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/issues/237))
* Fix an issue where incomplete cache modules were used
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## 2.4.0
* Don't recompile if the assets didn't change
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## 2.3.0
* Add events `html-webpack-plugin-before-html-processing`, `html-webpack-plugin-after-html-processing`, `html-webpack-plugin-after-emit` to allow other plugins to alter the html this plugin executes
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## 2.2.0
* Inject css and js even if the html file is incomplete ([#135](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/issues/135))
* Update dependencies
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## 2.1.0
* Synchronize with the stable `@1` version
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## 2.0.4
* Fix `minify` option
* Fix missing hash interpolation in publicPath
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## 2.0.3
* Add support for webpack.BannerPlugin
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## 2.0.2
* Add support for loaders in templates ([#41](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/pull/41))
* Remove `templateContent` option from configuration
* Better error messages
* Update dependencies
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## 1.7.0
* Add `chunksSortMode` option to configuration to control how chunks should be sorted before they are included to the html
* Don't insert async chunks into html ([#95](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/issues/95))
* Update dependencies
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## 1.6.2
* Fix paths on Windows
* Fix missing hash interpolation in publicPath
* Allow only `false` or `object` in `minify` configuration option
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## 1.6.1
* Add `size` field to the chunk object
* Fix stylesheet `<link>`s being discarded when used with `"inject: 'head'"`
* Update dependencies
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## 1.6.0
* Support placing templates in subfolders
* Don't include chunks with undefined name ([#60](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/pull/60))
* Don't include async chunks
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## 1.5.2
* Update dependencies (lodash)
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## 1.5.1
* Fix error when manifest is specified ([#56](https://github.com/ampedandwired/html-webpack-plugin/issues/56))
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## 1.5.0
* Allow to inject javascript files into the head of the html page
* Fix error reporting
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## 1.4.0
* Add `favicon.ico` option
* Add html minifcation
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## 1.2.0
* Set charset using HTML5 meta attribute
* Reload upon change when using webpack watch mode