Automatically add shared libs to an application's output with esbuild and ESM

[PieterJanVdb]

Currently when using esbuild to build a node app using the following options:

• format: ["cjs"]
• bundle: false

it'll take a look at any shared libs being used and make their build output is placed in the application's output folder:

nx/packages/esbuild/src/executors/esbuild/lib/build-esbuild-options.ts

Line 75 in 3d710ce

} else if (options.platform === 'node' && format === 'cjs') {

So you end up with the following output:

However for ESM it just disregards this altogether. Is there a reason as to why this is done and can anyone recommend any workarounds to have a similar end result as with CJS, preferably without bundling everything.