ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug: A TypeScript repository from abendigo

The issue

First, to prove that everything works without paths, we have index1.ts which imports like this:

import { Greeter } from "./src/lib/greeter/index.js";

When we run the code:

NODE_OPTIONS="--loader ts-node/esm" node index1.ts

you'll see an output like this:

this is something Hello There

Then, we have index2.ts, which imports like this:

import { Greeter } from "$lib/greeter/index.js";

When we run this code:

NODE_OPTIONS="--loader ts-node/esm" node index2.ts

it gives:

/home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js:774
  throw new ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND(packageName, fileURLToPath(base));
        ^
CustomError: Cannot find package '$lib' imported from /home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/index2.ts
    at packageResolve (/home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js:774:9)
    at moduleResolve (/home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js:815:18)
    at Object.defaultResolve (/home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/dist-raw/node-esm-resolve-implementation.js:929:11)
    at /home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/src/esm.ts:228:33
    at entrypointFallback (/home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/src/esm.ts:179:34)
    at resolve (/home/marko/dev/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug/node_modules/ts-node/src/esm.ts:227:12)
    at Loader.resolve (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:89:40)
    at Loader.getModuleJob (node:internal/modules/esm/loader:242:28)
    at ModuleWrap.<anonymous> (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:73:40)
    at link (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:72:36)```

abendigo/ts-node-tsconfig-path-debug

The issue