Importing non "main" modules?

[momsse]

Hi @NiGhTTraX,

Thanks for the article and sharing your work 👌

I tried to add an extra foo/src/demo.ts module and importing it from bar/src/index.ts after adding files: ["dist"] on foo/package.json.

import demo from "@nighttrax/foo/src/demo";
import demo from "@nighttrax/foo/demo";

Both syntaxes ends with Error: Cannot find module '@nighttrax/foo/[src/]demo

Is it possible to import non "main" modules (without having to import and export them from the main one)?

All typescript mono repo examples that I found so far showcase the same kind of example of package a import module b's single exported main module.

[NiGhTTraX]

Hi @momsse, this is answered in #53. The TL;DR is:

• you can add a new path alias before the "main" one, like so:

"paths": {
  // This need to be first, so index imports can be matched by the next alias.
  // You can add or omit the `src` part here, depending on your preference.
  //                                 V
  "@nighttrax/foo/*": ["packages/foo/*"],

  "@nighttrax/*": ["packages/*/src"]
}

• doing the above will break publishing, unless you:
  • use the aliases during building as well,
  • publish from within the dist/ folder, after you've copied your package.json there.
• using imports like this makes library APIs more brittle, as changes in the folder structure can break consumers.

[momsse]

Thanks you for the help, will try this soon 🙏