Cannot read property 'filename' of undefined about electron-reload HOT 4 CLOSED

I see this issue, but the method don't work.

externals: {
	'electron-reload': 'electron-reload',
},

Result:

A JavaScript error occurred in the main process
Uncaught Exception:
ReferenceError: electron is not defined
    at eval (webpack:///external_%22electron-reload%22?:1:18)
...

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I've created a repository to test this situation.

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I see the problem that is in the WebPack.

So I've found a solution to the problem. You should add a section to a config file.

node: {
  __dirname: false
}

Maybe, add this information to the README file?

const path = require('path');

module.exports = {
  mode: "development",
  target: 'electron-main',
  entry: {
    main: './src/main.js'
  },
  output: {
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    filename: '[name].js'
  },
  module: {
    rules: [{
      test: /\.js$/,
      exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/,
      use: {
        loader: 'babel-loader',
        options: {
          babelrc: false,
          presets: ['@babel/preset-env']
        }
      }
    }]
  },
  node: {
    __dirname: false
  }
}

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Hi @valentineus , thanks for getting involved in this project, but as you already found out, this is not a bug within electron-relaod. I'll close this issue and will add a note in README in future releases.

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