feat(externals): add option to disable packing of external modules

README.md

@@ -66,9 +66,17 @@ custom:
     packagePath: absolute/path/to/package.json # optional - by default it looks for a package.json in the working directory
 ```
 
+This behavior can be disabled via `packExternals`:
+
+```yml
+custom:
+  esbuild:
+    packExternals: false
+```
+
 ### Usign esbuild plugins
 
-*Note that the plugins API is still experimental : see [the documentation page](https://esbuild.github.io/plugins/)*
+_Note that the plugins API is still experimental : see [the documentation page](https://esbuild.github.io/plugins/)_
 
 You can configure esbuild plugins by passing a plugins' configuration file:
 

src/index.ts

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface Configuration extends Omit<BuildOptions, 'watch' | 'plugins'> {
   exclude: string[];
   watch: WatchConfiguration;
   plugins?: string;
+  packExternals?: boolean;
 }
 
 const DEFAULT_BUILD_OPTIONS: Partial<Configuration> = {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ const DEFAULT_BUILD_OPTIONS: Partial<Configuration> = {
   external: [],
   exclude: ['aws-sdk'],
   packager: 'npm',
+  packExternals: true,
   watch: {
     pattern: './**/*.(js|ts)',
     ignore: [WORK_FOLDER, 'dist', 'node_modules', SERVERLESS_FOLDER],
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ export class EsbuildPlugin implements Plugin {
           ...(this.serverless.service.package?.patterns || []),
           '!node_modules/serverless-esbuild',
         ]),
-      ]
+      ],
     };
 
     for (const fnName in this.functions) {
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ export class EsbuildPlugin implements Plugin {
             ...(fn.package?.exclude || []).map(concat('!')),
             ...(fn.package?.patterns || []),
           ]),
-        ]
+        ],
       };
     }
   }
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ export class EsbuildPlugin implements Plugin {
         delete config['packagePath'];
         delete config['watch'];
         delete config['pugins'];
+        delete config['packExternals'];
 
         const result = await build(config);
 
@@ -264,7 +267,9 @@ export class EsbuildPlugin implements Plugin {
       }
       const files = await globby(fn.package.patterns);
       for (const filename of files) {
-        const destFileName = path.resolve(path.join(this.buildDirPath, `__only_${fn.name}`, filename));
+        const destFileName = path.resolve(
+          path.join(this.buildDirPath, `__only_${fn.name}`, filename)
+        );
         const dirname = path.dirname(destFileName);
 
         if (!fs.existsSync(dirname)) {

src/pack-externals.ts

@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ function getProdModules(
 export async function packExternalModules(this: EsbuildPlugin) {
   const externals = without(this.buildOptions.exclude, this.buildOptions.external);
 
-  if (!externals || !externals.length) {
+  if (!externals || !externals.length || !this.buildOptions.packExternals) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ export async function packExternalModules(this: EsbuildPlugin) {
   this.serverless.cli.log('Packing external modules: ' + compositeModules.join(', '));
   await packager.install(compositeModulePath, exists);
   this.options.verbose && this.serverless.cli.log(`Package took [${Date.now() - start} ms]`);
-
   // Prune extraneous packages - removes not needed ones
   const startPrune = Date.now();
   await packager.prune(compositeModulePath);