Module require is replicated in bundle file when multiple files import it

[iboffa]

Bundling my electron application with the following options:

--bundle --minify --platform=node --packages=external

I noticed a duplicated require('electron') statement in the bundled code:

main.ts contains import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
app-store.ts, imported by main.ts, contains import { ipcMain } from 'electron';

In the bundle file, I see:

...e=require("electron");var o=require("electron")...

Is there a way to avoid this?

[evanw]

This is a known issue. I do plan to address this along with some other significant upcoming linker work, but it's not a severe issue so I'm working on addressing some other stuff first. See also #475.