/ngx-library-npm-link

Primary LanguageTypeScript

NgxLibraryNpmLink

See @angular/cli GitHub issue: angular/angular-cli#11301

Extra path mapping for all node modules:

"*": [
  "node_modules/*"
]

When having a library (ngx-test in this case) and there the above tsconfig path mapping, npm start is unable to resolve the library.

Why is the extra mapping required?

There can be other angular libraries that need to be npm linked during development because they are not in the same repo.

In that case, the common dependencies (@angular, @ngrx etc...) need to be resolved from the root node_modules folder to avoid bundling and resolving the dependencies from different locations.

How to replicate?

npm install
npm run build ngx-test
npm start

npm start will result in the following error:

ERROR in ./src/app/app.module.tsModule not found:
Error: Can't resolve 'ngx-test' in 'C:\Github\ngx-library-npm-link\src\app'

Building with ngc works

When building directly with ngc, it works as expected, no error, so it seems to be a webpack problem.

node_modules/.bin/ngc ./src/tsconfig.app.json