symlink-to

Symlink To NPM Project Root

import Bar from 'symlink-to/project-root/foo/bar';
// or
const Bar = require('symlink-to/project-root/foo/bar');
 

I Don't Know

1. If you import the same module by different paths will webpack optimize it?
2. May NPM put this package to a folder different than ./node_modules/symlink-to (for shared module optimization, e.g.) and thus break symlinks to ./../..?

node_modules Compatability

Symlinks generated on Windows won't be compatible with Linux and vice versa. Only junctions created in Windows are portable. You will have to reinstall symlink-to package or invoke npm run install inside its folder if you want to reuse node_modules on other OS.

If you know any other ways to quickly convert symlinks of node_modules recursively —, please, let me know.

Symlinks Compatability Table

Type	Linux	Windows	WSL
WSL symlink	no	no	yes
mklink /J (junction)	Works as absolute link	Works as absolute link	Works as absolute link
mklink /D (dir, symbolic)	no	yes	no
mklink /H (hard)	-	Can't link to directory	-
Linux symlink	yes	no	no

WSL is Windows Subsystem for Linux (bash for Windows).