I use the module-alias package to enable path aliases in a node project. E.g. it let's you:
const accountRepo = require('@app/account/account-repo')
I'd like to transition the project over to use experimental modules (enabled with the --experimental-modules flag). ES Modules will be enabled without a flag when node 12 goes LTS; thought I'd start experimenting before that. Anyway, module-alias doesn't seem to work with ES modules. I tried adding this to the root of my app (this is the method I was using before transitioning to esm):
require('module-alias/register')
I tried changing it to:
import 'module-alias/register'
I tried requiring when starting the server:
node --experimental-modules -r module-alias/register server/app.js
None of those methods work. I'm guessing that module-alias overrides the require function in order to allow for path aliases, and that of course doesn't work with esm.
I know I can do this with Babel, but I'm using --experimental-modules to avoid that.
I also tried a symlink inside the node_modules folder, but it didn't seem to work running the app inside a Docker container. Also, it seems hacky/fragile to me.
Does anyone know how to enable path aliases in node with native ES modules?
