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PR-URL: #37289
Reviewed-By: Guy Bedford <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
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- v14.13.0
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34718
description: Add support for `"exports"` patterns.
- version: v14.6.0
- version:
- v14.6.0
- v12.19.0
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/34117
description: Add package `"imports"` field.
- version:
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`"commonjs"` package).

### `--input-type` flag
<!-- YAML
added: v12.0.0
-->

Strings passed in as an argument to `--eval` (or `-e`), or piped to `node` via
`STDIN`, are treated as [ES modules][] when the `--input-type=module` flag
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`require('/path/to/node_modules/pkg/subpath.js')` will still load `subpath.js`.

### Subpath exports
<!-- YAML
added: v12.7.0
-->

When using the [`"exports"`][] field, custom subpaths can be defined along
with the main entry point by treating the main entry point as the
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```

### Subpath imports
<!--YAML
added:
- v14.6.0
- v12.19.0
-->

In addition to the [`"exports"`][] field, it is possible to define internal
package import maps that only apply to import specifiers from within the package
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analogous to the exports field.

### Subpath patterns
<!--YAML
added:
- v14.13.0
- v12.19.0
-->

For packages with a small number of exports or imports, we recommend
explicitly listing each exports subpath entry. But for packages that have
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targets, this expansion is dependent on only the files of the package itself.

### Exports sugar
<!--YAML
added: v12.11.0
-->

If the `"."` export is the only export, the [`"exports"`][] field provides sugar
for this case being the direct [`"exports"`][] field value.
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```

### Conditional exports
<!--YAML
added:
- v13.2.0
- v12.16.0
changes:
- version:
- v13.7.0
- v12.16.0
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31001
description: Unflag conditional exports.
-->

Conditional exports provide a way to map to different paths depending on
certain conditions. They are supported for both CommonJS and ES module imports.
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conditions behave analogously to nested JavaScript `if` statements.

### Resolving user conditions
<!-- YAML
added:
- v14.9.0
- v12.19.0
-->

When running Node.js, custom user conditions can be added with the
`--conditions` flag:
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course.

### Self-referencing a package using its name
<!--YAML
added:
- v13.1.0
- v12.16.0
changes:
- version:
- v13.6.0
- v12.16.0
pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/31002
description: Unflag self-referencing a package using its name.
-->

Within a package, the values defined in the package’s
`package.json` [`"exports"`][] field can be referenced via the package’s name.
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