contentlayer.config.ts should handle tsconfig paths

[stefanprobst]

using an absolute import defined via tsconfig.json#paths in contentlayer.config.ts currently throws a ConfigReadError

steps to reproduce:

• git clone [email protected]:stefanprobst/issue-contentlayer-tsconfig-paths.git
• cd issue-contentlayer-tsconfig-paths
• npm i
• npm run generate

[seancdavis]

@stefanprobst Will you please share the details of your error?

[stefanprobst]

the above steps will print:

[stefanprobst]

i think what is happening is that esbuild knows how to resolve path aliases, but does not transform them (see evanw/esbuild#394). so when importing here this will then throw the ConfigError.

[schickling]

Thanks a lot for opening this issue @stefanprobst. I agree with your assessment and would for now suggest to put this on hold until there's a clear direction in regards to evanw/esbuild#394. (In case the official stance of the esbuild maintainers turns out to be to use a plugin for this, we can consider following that advise.)