better config file check, added hook for VariableDeclarators

Author: sokra

bin/convert-argv.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var path = require("path");
+var fs = require("fs");
 var resolve = require("enhanced-resolve");
 
 module.exports = function(optimist, argv, convertOptions) {
@@ -75,11 +76,9 @@ module.exports = function(optimist, argv, convertOptions) {
 	if(argv.config) {
 		options = require(path.resolve(argv.config));
 	} else {
-		try {
-			options = require(path.resolve("webpack.config.js"));
-		} catch(e) {
-			options = {};
-		}
+		var configPath = path.resolve("webpack.config.js");
+		if(fs.existsSync(configPath))
+			options = require(configPath);
 	}
 	if(typeof options != "object" || options === null) {
 		console.log("Config did not export a object.");

lib/Parser.js

@@ -324,7 +324,8 @@ Parser.prototype.walkVariableDeclarators = function walkVariableDeclarators(decl
 		switch(declarator.type) {
 		case "VariableDeclarator":
 			if(declarator.id.type === "Identifier") {
-				this.scope.definitions.push(declarator.id.name);
+				if(!this.applyPluginsBailResult("var " + declarator.id.name))
+					this.scope.definitions.push(declarator.id.name);
 			}
 			if(declarator.init)
 				this.walkExpression(declarator.init);

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "webpack",
-	"version": "0.9.0-beta26",
+	"version": "0.9.0-beta27",
 	"author": "Tobias Koppers @sokra",
 	"description": "Packs CommonJs/AMD Modules for the browser. Allows to split your codebase into multiple bundles, which can be loaded on demand. Support loaders to preprocess files, i.e. json, jade, coffee, css, less, ... and your custom stuff.",
 	"dependencies": {