webpack.externals relative path causes Unexpected token

Question

when I add a relative path to webpack.externals array, the output file contains: module.exports = ../path; which causes the error: Unexpected token.

//webpack.config.js
{
 externals: ['../path']
}

//input.ts
import something from '../path';

//output.js
module.exports = ../path;

Answer 1

fixed by using a function instead of an object

{
 externals:[  
   function(..){
     //checking
     return callback(null, "commonjs path")
   }
 ]
}