gatsby-plugin-root-import

Set Webpack to resolve root, allowing you to import modules from an absolute project path rather than relative ../../ paths.

NOTE: Plugin has different installation and usage instructions to support both Gatsby V1 and V2.

Gatsby V2 Instructions

Install

1. Install the gatsby-plugin-root-import plugin:

   npm install --save-dev gatsby-plugin-root-import

   or

   yarn add --dev gatsby-plugin-root-import

Usage

Add into gatsby-config.js.

// gatsby-config.js

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    'gatsby-plugin-root-import'
  ]
}

Default Settings

Webpack v4 drops resolve.root in favor of resolve.alias found here.

If no options are specified, the plugin creates a default alias of src to your project src folder.

This means you should be able to import modules like such:

// importing gatsbyProject/src/yourFolder/YourComponent.js

import YourComponent from 'src/yourFolder/YourComponent'

Plugin Options

You can pass as many keys as you want into the plugin options, and they will map to Webpack’s alias configuration.

alias takes an object with keys of your alias names, and values of directory strings like so.

// gatsby-config.js
const path = require('path')

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    {
      resolve: 'gatsby-plugin-root-import',
      options: {
        src: path.join(__dirname, 'src'),
        pages: path.join(__dirname, 'src/pages')
      }
    }
  ]
}

This means you should be able to import modules like such:

// from the 'src' alias
// importing gatsbyProject/src/yourFolder/YourComponent.js

import YourComponent from 'src/yourFolder/YourComponent'

// from the 'pages' alias
// importing gatsbyProject/src/pages/YourPage.js

import YourPage from 'pages/YourPage'

Gatsby V1 Instructions

Install

1. Install the gatsby-plugin-root-import plugin:

   npm install --save-dev --save-exact gatsby-plugin-root-import@1.0.0

   or

   yarn add --dev gatsby-plugin-root-import@1.0.0

Usage

Add into gatsby-config.js.

// gatsby-config.js

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    'gatsby-plugin-root-import'
  ]
}

Default Settings

If no options are specified, the plugin defaults to your project root folder.

This means you should be able to import modules like such:

// importing gatsbyProject/src/yourFolder/YourComponent.js

import YourComponent from 'src/yourFolder/YourComponent'

Plugin Options

You can pass a root option. You can specify your own folder, such as src. This option corresponds with Webpack v3’s resolve.root found here. This may be both a directory string, or an array of directory strings.

// gatsby-config.js
const path = require('path')

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    {
      resolve: 'gatsby-plugin-root-import',
      options: {
        root: path.join(__dirname, 'src')
      }
    }
  ]
}

This means you can import modules with project’s src folder as root:

// importing gatsbyProject/src/yourFolder/YourComponent.js

import YourComponent from 'yourFolder/YourComponent'