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Ports the browser client into `client-src/`, mirroring the layout used
in `webpack-dev-server` (source in `client-src/`, built to `client/`).

The client connects to the SSE endpoint via `EventSource`, parses
query-string options from `__resourceQuery`, dispatches `building`,
`built` and `sync` payloads, applies HMR through `process-update.js`
and renders compile-time errors and warnings through an in-page overlay
(`overlay.js`).

Exposed via the `./client` subpath export so users can wire it as a
webpack entry: `require('webpack-dev-middleware/client')`. The source
is transpiled with a browser-targeted babel override and the resulting
files are shipped under `/client`.
Covers the public client API and key SSE handling paths in jsdom:
EventSource connection on default and custom paths, ignored heartbeat
messages, dispatch of building/built/sync to subscribers, custom
handler for unknown actions, warnings on invalid JSON, EventSource
wrapper caching across multiple entries, and timeout-driven reconnect.
Adds tests covering the original webpack-hot-middleware client suite
(processUpdate invocations on built/sync, errored/warning behavior,
overlay show/hide transitions, the overlayWarnings option, the name
filter), while keeping the new coverage for heartbeat handling,
invalid JSON warnings, EventSource wrapper caching across entries and
timeout-driven reconnects.
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The ported logic called `module.hot.check`/`apply` with both a callback
and a Promise-handling branch to support webpack < 2. In webpack 5 both
paths fire, so the callback ran twice, triggering a redundant
`module.hot.apply` on every update.

Drop the legacy callback path and use the Promise API exclusively, which
is the canonical webpack 5 contract and matches our peer dependency.
Mirrors the layout webpack-dev-server uses: a separate
`tsconfig.client.json` (`noEmit`, browser-targeted libs,
`webpack/module` augmentation) runs over `client-src/` via a new
`lint:types-client` script, with a small `client-src/globals.d.ts`
declaring `ansi-html-community` and the per-page singletons the client
stores on `window`.

Refines the JSDoc annotations in `client-src/index.js` and
`client-src/process-update.js` so `module.hot`, `window` extensions
and the HMR `ApplyOptions` type-check cleanly.
Adds a 'Hot Module Replacement client' section explaining how to wire
`webpack-dev-middleware/client` as a webpack entry, the query-string
options that the runtime understands, and the programmatic
`subscribe` / `subscribeAll` / `useCustomOverlay` /
`setOptionsAndConnect` exports.
Switches the client-src lint config to the dedicated preset
`eslint-config-webpack` ships for browser-targeted CommonJS code, the
same family of preset webpack-dev-server uses for its own client.

Brings the per-directory rule overrides down to two:
`no-console` (legitimately used for HMR status messages) and
`no-use-before-define` (relaxed for hoisted function declarations).

Adjusts the source to satisfy the rest of the preset directly: adds
`use strict` headers, fills in JSDoc for every function, renames
`EventSourceWrapper` to `createEventSourceWrapper` (per `new-cap`),
names the anonymous module exports, and reorders `performReload`
before `handleError` so it is declared before use.
Wraps `webpack/lib/logging/runtime` in a small `utils/log.js` module
that exposes a level-based logger registered under the
`webpack-dev-middleware` name (matching the infrastructure logger the
server side already uses). Replaces every `console.log`/
`console.warn` call in the client and HMR update path with the
equivalent `log.info`/`log.warn`/`log.error` calls so output is
prefixed and gated by a single `logging` level.

User-facing API:

- `logging` query-string option accepts `none|error|warn|info|log|verbose`
- The previous `log`, `warn`, `noInfo` and `quiet` flags are dropped
  in favour of `logging`

Other cleanups enabled by this:

- Drop the `no-console: off` exception from the client-src ESLint config
- Update README's client option table accordingly
- Add tests covering the new `logging` levels and the logger prefix
Replaces regex-based `some(([msg]) => /.../).toBe(true)` checks on the
mocked console with `toMatchSnapshot()` over `mock.calls`. The
snapshots capture the exact log lines including the
`[webpack-dev-middleware]` prefix and per-call argument count, so any
change to the log format surfaces in the test output instead of silently
passing.

Adds explicit assertions to the existing error / warning flow tests so
`console.error` / `console.warn` mocks are not only silenced but also
verified to be called with the expected output.
`eslint-config-webpack@4.9.6` still ships `browser-outdated-recommended-commonjs`
with `configs["javascript/es5"]` and no parser override, so `const`
is rejected. The module variant of the same preset patches this
upstream — we replicate the patch locally until the commonjs variant
does the same.
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