@babel/register does not work with babel-preset-react-app

[JennerChen]

Bug Report

Current Behavior
I am trying using create-react-app to do some ssr with express. create-react-app use babel-preset-react-app preset. babel-preset-react-app contains @babel/preset-env, After I use @babel/preset-env instead, it works.
I want to know why I can't direct use babel-preset-react-app ?
Input Code

require('@babel/register')({
  ignore: [/(node_modules)/],
  presets: [
    "babel-preset-react-app"
  ]
});
require('./app');

// app.js
import path from 'path' 

/Users/zhangqing/Documents/web/mini-react-ssr-demo/server/app.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { import path from 'path'; //import fs from 'fs'
                                                              ^^^^^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected token import
    at createScript (vm.js:80:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:139:10)
    at Module._compile (module.js:617:28)
    at Module._compile (/Users/zhangqing/Documents/web/mini-react-ssr-demo/node_modules/pirates/lib/index.js:99:24)
    at Module._extensions..js (module.js:664:10)
    at Object.newLoader [as .js] (/Users/zhangqing/Documents/web/mini-react-ssr-demo/node_modules/pirates/lib/index.js:104:7)
    at Module.load (module.js:566:32)
    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)
    at Module.require (module.js:597:17)
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! mini-react-ssr-demo@0.1.0 ssr: `NODE_ENV=production node ./server`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR! 
npm ERR! Failed at the mini-react-ssr-demo@0.1.0 ssr script.

Expected behavior/code
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen (or code).

Environment

• Node/npm version: 8.12.0
• OS: [osx]
• Monorepo: [e.g. yes/no/Lerna]
• How you are using Babel: register@7.4.4

Additional context/Screenshots
I search related stackoverflow problem: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/53808674/using-babel-preset-react-app-with-babel-register

[babel-bot]

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[nicolo-ribaudo]

That preset only transpiles modules when NODE_ENV is test: https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app/blob/master/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js#L69-L92

[JennerChen]

thanks @nicolo-ribaudo