'alias' default lookup directories

[rdrey]

Hey @sokra

I'm trying to replace net with net-chromeify

I've put net-chromeify in ./web_modules/ and this works fine on the command-line: webpack src/ComponentLoader.js temp.js --alias net=net-chromeify

I'm trying to do the same thing with webpack-dev-middleware. My config in main.js is this:

app.use(require('webpack-dev-middleware')(__dirname, "./src/ComponentLoader", {
  webpack: {
    watch: true,
    debug: true,
    publicPrefix: "http://localhost:3000/scripts/",
    output: "bundle.js",
    libary: "ComponentLoader",
    alias: {net: "net-chromeify"} //I've also tried moving it outside the webpack hash
  }
})); 

but it can't seem to find net-chromeify. The error suggests that it's looking for net and not net-chromeify:

ERROR: Cannot find module 'net'
Error: Module "net" not found in context "/Users/rainerdreyer/Workspace/PipeDream/components"
Error: /Users/rainerdreyer/Workspace/PipeDream/node_modules/webpack-dev-middleware/node_modules/webpack/buildin/net is not a directory
@ /Users/rainerdreyer/Workspace/PipeDream/components/ServerEndpoint.js (line 2, column 8)

net is not a directory...

Why is it looking for net and not net-chromeify?

Thanks! :)

[sokra]

Can you try putting the alias option into the resolve object.

app.use(require('webpack-dev-middleware')(__dirname, "./src/ComponentLoader", {
  webpack: {
    // ...
    resolve: {
      alias: {net: "net-chromeify"}
    }
  }
})); 

[rdrey]

Works! :D Thanks!

The webpack readme.md shows the alias option NOT nested in resolve: {}, is that a bug in the docs?

[sokra]

It is correctly nested in to README, but it may be easy to overlook...

[rdrey]

Oh yeah, oops. Sorry!