Method #renderVersion

packages/webpack-cli/src/webpack-cli.ts:1685–1696

(options: { output?: string } = {})

  }

  async #renderVersion(options: { output?: string } = {}): Promise<string> {
    const info = await this.#getInfoOutput({
      ...options,
      information: {
        npmPackages: `{${DEFAULT_WEBPACK_PACKAGES.map((item) => `*${item}*`).join(",")}}`,
      },
    });

    // `--output json|markdown` must stay machine-readable, so only the default
    // plain-text output gets the visual treatment.
    return typeof options.output === "undefined" ? this.#renderEnvinfo(info) : info;
  }

  // ─── Shared UI "chrome" ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
  // Small, pure(-ish) renderers for the CLI's visual structure. They read