Breaking change in linkifyjs 4.3.2 if linkify-react is on older version

[joshzivot]

This error occurred in our app after upgrading linkifyjs to 4.3.2 –

Uncaught TypeError: linkifyjs__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_1__.options.assign is not a function

linkify-react was still on 4.3.1 when this occurred, and upgrading to 4.3.2 fixed the issue. However, I would not expect a single patch version change to cause a fatal error.

Looking at the 4.3.2 change, it seems this occurred because the "assign" export was removed from linkifyjs in 4.3.2, so if an older version of linkify-react was being used, it's trying to import/use that function that no longer exists.

Thank you!

[Cav19]

I also just ran into a similar issue. My package.json file was using 4.0.2 and, critically, I didn't receive the "assign" export error when developing locally. I only encountered errors when working in deployed environments, making it a bit trick to track down.

The error message also showed as assign is not a function for me. The upgrade to version 4.3.2 fixed the problem for me but I only tried that after a fair bit of trial and error! Given that the upgrade fixed the issue for me, it may have been stemming from a different dependency but wanted to add my experience to the issue anyway.