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Circular dependencies in common bundle, even if unique to single entry point

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
build-system

Research direction

Reproduce the report with shared.js, entry1.js, entry2.js, one.js, two.js, and three.js as shown, then compare the common and entry-specific bundle outputs with and without the circular dependency. Done means the cycle from the non-shared entry remains in that entry's output while only shared code is placed in the common bundle.

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Description

Consider the following situation

// shared.js
console.log('hello from shared');
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// entry1.js
require('./shared');
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// entry2.js
require('./shared');
require('./one');
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// one.js
require('./two');
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// two.js
require('./three');
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// three.js
require('./one')

I have two entry points that share some code. One of my entry points has some code that isn't shared, but results in a circular dependency.

I would expect that the circular dependency in non-common code end up in the entry point specific output file, but instead it is ending up in the common file. If I remove the circular dependency, it ends up in the entry point specific output file (as I would expect).

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