protobuf 'import' from npm package [feature request]

[jackpunt]

I need/want to import protobuf Message from a npm library.
It mostly works (I build the library to include the 'LibMsg.proto' file alongside the 'LibMsg.ts' and 'LibMsg.js')

protoc requires that I give path to the imported .proto file;
So in MyProto.proto I can do this:

syntax="proto3";
import 'node_modules/protoPkg/lib/proto/LibProto.proto';

MyMsg {
  LibMsg msg = 1;
 repeated LibMsg msgs = 2;
}

That's works: protoc finds the reference, and protoc-gen-ts emits:
import * as dependency_1 from "./../../node_modules/protoPkg/lib/proto/LibProto";

Which might work for running local/nodejs, but it does not survive in webpack
(which expects/requires an import from the reference package)

What we really need is for protoc-gen-ts to emit:
import * as dependency_1 from "protoPkg";

Perhaps keyed by noticing that it would otherwise emit: import 'node_modules/_pkgName_/...'
and making the bold assumption that the referenced LibProto is in fact compiled & exported from _pkgName
(it seems already to determine that LibMsg is defined in LibProto)

Seems like a simple/useful heuristic and maybe not so dangerous to require a enable/disable flag?