resolve first according to the custom-resolve settings and fallback to the standard resolver

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+## [2.0.12-dev.1] - 2019-07-15
+
+- [#1779](https://github.com/teambit/bit/issues/1779) resolve first according to the custom-resolve settings and fallback to the standard resolver
+
 ## [2.0.12-angular.3] - 2019-06-14
 
 - fix dependency resolution of `.` and `..` to not be identified as custom-resolved used.

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bit-javascript",
-  "version": "2.0.12-angular.3",
+  "version": "2.0.12-dev.1",
   "scripts": {
     "flow": "flow; test $? -eq 0 -o $? -eq 2",
     "lint": "eslint src && flow check || true",

src/dependency-builder/filing-cabinet/index.js

@@ -303,6 +303,17 @@ function commonJSLookup(options: Options) {
 
   let result = '';
 
+  if (!isRelativeImport(partial) && resolveConfig) {
+    debug(`trying to resolve using resolveConfig ${JSON.stringify(resolveConfig)}`);
+    result = resolveNonRelativePath(partial, filename, directory, resolveConfig);
+    if (result) {
+      debug('successfully resolved using resolveConfig');
+      options.wasCustomResolveUsed = true;
+      return result;
+    }
+    debug('failed resolved using resolveConfig, fall back to the standard resolver');
+  }
+
   try {
     result = resolve.sync(partial, {
       extensions: resolveExtensions,
@@ -311,13 +322,7 @@ function commonJSLookup(options: Options) {
     });
     debug(`resolved path: ${result}`);
   } catch (e) {
-    if (!isRelativeImport(partial) && resolveConfig) {
-      debug(`trying to resolve using resolveConfig ${JSON.stringify(resolveConfig)}`);
-      result = resolveNonRelativePath(partial, filename, directory, resolveConfig);
-      if (result) options.wasCustomResolveUsed = true;
-    } else {
-      debug(`could not resolve ${partial}`);
-    }
+    debug(`could not resolve ${partial}`);
   }
 
   return result;