Search the cwd first, then existing module paths

Author: jclem

dist/index.js

@@ -2899,20 +2899,16 @@ const wrapRequire = new Proxy(require, {
             moduleID = path__WEBPACK_IMPORTED_MODULE_0__.resolve(moduleID);
             return target.apply(thisArg, [moduleID]);
         }
-        try {
-            return target.apply(thisArg, [moduleID]);
-        }
-        catch (err) {
-            const modulePath = target.resolve.apply(thisArg, [
-                moduleID,
-                {
-                    // Webpack does not have an escape hatch for getting the actual
-                    // module, other than `eval`.
-                    paths: eval('module').paths.concat(process.cwd())
-                }
-            ]);
-            return target.apply(thisArg, [modulePath]);
-        }
+        const modulePath = target.resolve.apply(thisArg, [
+            moduleID,
+            {
+                // Search the current working directory first, then the existing paths.
+                // Webpack does not have an escape hatch for getting the actual
+                // module, other than `eval`.
+                paths: [process.cwd(), ...eval('module').paths]
+            }
+        ]);
+        return target.apply(thisArg, [modulePath]);
     },
     get: (target, prop, receiver) => {
         Reflect.get(target, prop, receiver);

src/wrap-require.ts

@@ -7,20 +7,17 @@ export const wrapRequire = new Proxy(__non_webpack_require__, {
       return target.apply(thisArg, [moduleID])
     }
 
-    try {
-      return target.apply(thisArg, [moduleID])
-    } catch (err) {
-      const modulePath = target.resolve.apply(thisArg, [
-        moduleID,
-        {
-          // Webpack does not have an escape hatch for getting the actual
-          // module, other than `eval`.
-          paths: eval('module').paths.concat(process.cwd())
-        }
-      ])
+    const modulePath = target.resolve.apply(thisArg, [
+      moduleID,
+      {
+        // Search the current working directory first, then the existing paths.
+        // Webpack does not have an escape hatch for getting the actual
+        // module, other than `eval`.
+        paths: [process.cwd(), ...eval('module').paths]
+      }
+    ])
 
-      return target.apply(thisArg, [modulePath])
-    }
+    return target.apply(thisArg, [modulePath])
   },
 
   get: (target, prop, receiver) => {