Uncaught TypeError: __require.context is not a function

[noelrappin]

I get this trying to install Stimulus using the new esbuild-rails (which I guess has just been replaced by jsbundling-rails, but I think the issue holds

Uncaught TypeError: __require.context is not a function, it's from the controllers/index.js line

const context = require.context("controllers", true, /_controller\.(js|ts)$/)

I'm not sure whether this is a case where the install is giving me the wrong thing (and I should be using the node install and importing all my files one-by-one) or whether there's a way to make the require work.

Thanks

[dhh]

The latest stimulus-rails uses a different approach to loading the controllers. Right now it's "manual", but I'm working on something better. esbuild doesn't have context, though, so the old Webpack approach won't work.

[dhh]

Basically, you can't do file-based globs at all with esbuild. (Without a plugin, and I'm keen to avoid that).

[noelrappin]

Are we eventually going to get to something like #32?

[dhh]

Auto loading only works with import maps, and there I’m not sure it’s worth the effort. But with import maps we at least have a straight forward way to glob.