import.meta.resolve(pathToDirectory) returns a different result when running with tsx compared to node

[haines]

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Minimal reproduction URL

https://github.com/haines/tsx-import-meta-resolve

Version

v4.7.1

Node.js version

v20.11.1

Package manager

npm

Operating system

macOS

Problem & Expected behavior

I want to resolve the path to a directory within one of my dependencies. I'm using ESM so I call import.meta.resolve.

For example,

console.log(import.meta.resolve("typescript/lib"));

Doing this in node returns a file URL with the path to the directory:

file:///tsx-import-meta-resolve/node_modules/typescript/lib

However, when I run the script via tsx, I unexpectedly get a file URL with the path to index.js within the directory (which is a non-existent file):

file:///tsx-import-meta-resolve/node_modules/typescript/lib/index.js

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