--packages=external option affects local files mapped by tsconfig.json's paths option

[reosablo]

When using short hand imports like import foo from "~/foo"; mapped by tsconfig's paths option, it appears that they are treated as external dependencies when the --packages=external option is specified.

// tsconfig.json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "paths": {
      "~/*": ["./*"]
    }
  }
}

// entry.js
import foo from "~/foo";

Current output: ~/foo is not resolved as an external dependency. demo

Expected output: ~/foo is resolved. demo (just replaced --packages=external with --external:ext)

https://esbuild.github.io/api/#packages

[evanw]

Note to self: Someone has already reported this before, although they closed it: #3160

Edit: And also here: #2792

[reosablo]

@evanw
I couldn't find that sorry.
I'll close this issue to dedup.

[evanw]

The other issues are closed but I need an open one to track this. Reopening this issue.