A tsconfig/jsconfig `paths` key with text on both sides of its `*`, like
"@x/*/index", matched an import that starts with the prefix and ends with
the suffix only by counting one character twice: `@x/index` starts with
`@x/` and ends with `/index` through its single `/`. applyAliases tested
startsWith and endsWith independently and sliced an empty capture, so the
import and every call through it linked to `widgets/index`, a file the
import never named.
The pattern is now skipped when the specifier is shorter than the prefix
and the suffix together, which is TypeScript's own isPatternMatch rule. A
less specific pattern can still match, and an empty capture at exactly
prefix + suffix length stays allowed, as tsc allows it.
Validation: new path-alias-overlap tests (4) fail 3 of 4 on main and pass
with the fix; the exact-length case passes on both. A/B against main on
bulletproof-react, excalidraw, outline and vben (all with paths aliases)
and gin and flask: byte-identical, as no paths key in them has text after
its `*` (0 of 44 configs with paths in our local clones). outline index
median of 3 interleaved: 19,165 ms main, 18,546 ms fix. Full suite: 9,226
passed, 0 failed, 85 skipped.
Reimplements PR #882 by @Dashsoap.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
