feat(nuxt): support ~/~~/@/@@ aliases within layers (#19986)

packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import { UnctxTransformPlugin } from './plugins/unctx'
 import type { TreeShakeComposablesPluginOptions } from './plugins/tree-shake'
 import { TreeShakeComposablesPlugin } from './plugins/tree-shake'
 import { DevOnlyPlugin } from './plugins/dev-only'
+import { LayerAliasingPlugin } from './plugins/layer-aliasing'
 import { addModuleTranspiles } from './modules'
 import { initNitro } from './nitro'
 import schemaModule from './schema'
@@ -80,6 +81,21 @@ async function initNuxt (nuxt: Nuxt) {
   addVitePlugin(ImportProtectionPlugin.vite(config))
   addWebpackPlugin(ImportProtectionPlugin.webpack(config))
 
+  if (nuxt.options.experimental.localLayerAliases) {
+    // Add layer aliasing support for ~, ~~, @ and @@ aliases
+    addVitePlugin(LayerAliasingPlugin.vite({
+      sourcemap: nuxt.options.sourcemap.server || nuxt.options.sourcemap.client,
+      // skip top-level layer (user's project) as the aliases will already be correctly resolved
+      layers: nuxt.options._layers.slice(1)
+    }))
+    addWebpackPlugin(LayerAliasingPlugin.webpack({
+      sourcemap: nuxt.options.sourcemap.server || nuxt.options.sourcemap.client,
+      // skip top-level layer (user's project) as the aliases will already be correctly resolved
+      layers: nuxt.options._layers.slice(1),
+      transform: true
+    }))
+  }
+
   nuxt.hook('modules:done', () => {
     // Add unctx transform
     addVitePlugin(UnctxTransformPlugin(nuxt).vite({ sourcemap: nuxt.options.sourcemap.server || nuxt.options.sourcemap.client }))

packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/layer-aliasing.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
+import type { NuxtConfigLayer } from 'nuxt/schema'
+import { resolveAlias } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { normalize } from 'pathe'
+import MagicString from 'magic-string'
+
+interface LayerAliasingOptions {
+  sourcemap?: boolean
+  transform?: boolean
+  layers: NuxtConfigLayer[]
+}
+
+const ALIAS_RE = /(?<=['"])[~@]{1,2}(?=\/)/g
+
+export const LayerAliasingPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LayerAliasingOptions) => {
+  const aliases = Object.fromEntries(options.layers.map(l => [l.config.srcDir || l.cwd, {
+    '~': l.config?.alias?.['~'] || l.config.srcDir || l.cwd,
+    '@': l.config?.alias?.['@'] || l.config.srcDir || l.cwd,
+    '~~': l.config?.alias?.['~~'] || l.config.rootDir || l.cwd,
+    '@@': l.config?.alias?.['@@'] || l.config.rootDir || l.cwd
+  }]))
+  const layers = Object.keys(aliases).sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length)
+
+  return {
+    name: 'nuxt:layer-aliasing',
+    enforce: 'pre',
+    vite: {
+      resolveId: {
+        order: 'pre',
+        async handler (id, importer) {
+          if (!importer) { return }
+
+          const layer = layers.find(l => importer.startsWith(l))
+          if (!layer) { return }
+
+          const resolvedId = resolveAlias(id, aliases[layer])
+          if (resolvedId !== id) {
+            return await this.resolve(resolvedId, importer, { skipSelf: true })
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+
+    // webpack-only transform
+    transformInclude: (id) => {
+      if (!options.transform) { return false }
+      const _id = normalize(id)
+      return layers.some(dir => _id.startsWith(dir))
+    },
+    transform (code, id) {
+      if (!options.transform) { return }
+
+      const _id = normalize(id)
+      const layer = layers.find(l => _id.startsWith(l))
+      if (!layer || !code.match(ALIAS_RE)) { return }
+
+      const s = new MagicString(code)
+      s.replace(ALIAS_RE, r => aliases[layer][r as '~'] || r)
+
+      if (s.hasChanged()) {
+        return {
+          code: s.toString(),
+          map: options.sourcemap ? s.generateMap({ source: id, includeContent: true }) : undefined
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})

packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts

@@ -162,5 +162,8 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
 
     /** Allow disabling Nuxt SSR responses by setting the `x-nuxt-no-ssr` header. */
     respectNoSSRHeader: false,
+
+    /** Resolve `~`, `~~`, `@` and `@@` aliases located within layers with respect to their layer source and root directories. */
+    localLayerAliases: true,
   }
 })

test/basic.test.ts

@@ -707,6 +707,10 @@ describe('extends support', () => {
   })
 
   describe('middlewares', () => {
+    it('works with layer aliases', async () => {
+      const html = await $fetch('/foo')
+      expect(html).toContain('from layer alias')
+    })
     it('extends foo/middleware/foo', async () => {
       const html = await $fetch('/foo')
       expect(html).toContain('Middleware | foo: Injected by extended middleware from foo')

test/fixtures/basic/extends/node_modules/foo/alias/test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const test = 'from layer alias'

test/fixtures/basic/extends/node_modules/foo/pages/foo.vue

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <script setup>
+import { test } from '~/alias/test'
 definePageMeta({
   middleware: 'foo'
 })
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ const foo = useExtendsFoo()
 
 <template>
   <div>
+    <div>{{ test }}</div>
     <div>Extended page from foo</div>
     <div>Middleware | foo: {{ $route.meta.foo }}</div>
     <div>Composable | useExtendsFoo: {{ foo }}</div>