Unexpected token import for symlink (not for relative path)

[AvraamMavridis]

For my application I create a symlink inside the node_modules so, I dont have to use relative paths for import, and my test looks like

import Dictionary from 'myapp/utils/Dictionary';

describe('Dictionary', () => {

  it('should return the same text if no definition found', () =>{
    const text = 'This is 100% not in the dictionary';
    expect(Dictionary.instant(text)).toEqual(text);
  });
});

Where myapp is the symlink inside the node_modules, using this way I am getting unexpected token import. If I use relative path, like ../../Dictionary everything works fine. Is it a way to achieve that? I am suspecting it has to do with the transformation config but I couldnt figure out.

My settings look like

  "jest": {
    "setupTestFrameworkScriptFile": "./app/src/jest.init.js",
    "verbose": true,
    "testRegex": "(/__tests__/.*|(\\.|/)(jest))\\.jsx?$",
    "moduleFileExtensions": [
      "js",
      "jsx"
    ],
    "automock": false,
    "collectCoverage": true,
    "coverageDirectory": "./coverage",
    "coverageReporters": [
      "json",
      "text",
      "html"
    ],
    "coverageCollector": "jest-babel-istanbul"
  },

[cpojer]

You need to adjust transformIgnorePatterns to whitelist those node modules. By default, Jest doesn't transform files in node modules folders.

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