Remove the sourceMapTarget option from core and implement it in babel-cli. (#7500)

packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/options.js

@@ -119,9 +119,6 @@ const COMMON_VALIDATORS: ValidatorSet = {
   sourceMap: (assertSourceMaps: Validator<
     $PropertyType<ValidatedOptions, "sourceMap">,
   >),
-  sourceMapTarget: (assertString: Validator<
-    $PropertyType<ValidatedOptions, "sourceMapTarget">,
-  >),
   sourceFileName: (assertString: Validator<
     $PropertyType<ValidatedOptions, "sourceFileName">,
   >),
@@ -192,7 +189,6 @@ export type ValidatedOptions = {
   // Sourcemap generation options.
   sourceMaps?: SourceMapsOption,
   sourceMap?: SourceMapsOption,
-  sourceMapTarget?: string,
   sourceFileName?: string,
   sourceRoot?: string,
 

packages/babel-core/src/config/validation/removed.js

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ export default {
     message: "Put the specific transforms you want in the `plugins` option",
   },
   sourceMapName: {
-    message: "Use the `sourceMapTarget` option",
+    message:
+      "The `sourceMapName` option has been removed because it makes more sense for the tooling that calls Babel to assign `map.file` themselves.",
   },
   stage: {
     message:
@@ -64,4 +65,10 @@ export default {
     message:
       "Generated plugin metadata is always included in the output result",
   },
+
+  sourceMapTarget: {
+    version: 6,
+    message:
+      "The `sourceMapTarget` option has been removed because it makes more sense for the tooling that calls Babel to assign `map.file` themselves.",
+  },
 };

packages/babel-core/src/transformation/normalize-opts.js

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ export default function normalizeOptions(config: ResolvedConfig): {} {
     sourceRoot = moduleRoot,
 
     sourceFileName = filenameRelative,
-    sourceMapTarget = filenameRelative,
 
     comments = true,
     compact = "auto",
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ export default function normalizeOptions(config: ResolvedConfig): {} {
 
         // Source-map generation flags.
         sourceMaps,
-        sourceMapTarget,
         sourceRoot,
         sourceFileName,
       },