Improve requestToExternalModule shorthand handling

packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/index.js

@@ -67,22 +67,29 @@ class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 			if ( typeof this.options.requestToExternalModule === 'function' ) {
 				externalRequest =
 					this.options.requestToExternalModule( request );
+
+				// requestToExternalModule allows a boolean shorthand
+				if ( externalRequest === false ) {
+					externalRequest = undefined;
+				}
+				if ( externalRequest === true ) {
+					externalRequest = request;
+				}
 			}
 		} else if ( typeof this.options.requestToExternal === 'function' ) {
 			externalRequest = this.options.requestToExternal( request );
 		}
 
 		// Cascade to default if unhandled and enabled.
-		if ( ! externalRequest && this.options.useDefaults ) {
+		if (
+			typeof externalRequest === 'undefined' &&
+			this.options.useDefaults
+		) {
 			externalRequest = this.useModules
 				? defaultRequestToExternalModule( request )
 				: defaultRequestToExternal( request );
 		}
 
-		if ( this.useModules && externalRequest === true ) {
-			externalRequest = request;
-		}
-
 		if ( externalRequest instanceof Error ) {
 			return callback( externalRequest );
 		}

packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/util.js

@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ function defaultRequestToExternal( request ) {
  *
  * Currently only @wordpress/interactivity
  *
+ * Do not use the boolean shorthand here, it's only handled for the `requestToExternalModule` option.
+ *
  * @param {string} request Module request (the module name in `import from`) to be transformed
- * @return {string|boolean|Error|undefined} The resulting external definition.
+ * @return {string|Error|undefined} The resulting external definition.
  *   - Return `undefined` to ignore the request (do not externalize).
- *   - Return `true` to externalize the request with the same Module ID
  *   - Return `string` to map the request to an external.
  *   - Return `Error` to emit an error.
  */