import.meta is not supported inside/outside of test file when using ES modules

[Userbit]

🐛 Bug Report

When using ES Modules the import.meta variable is not supported correctly:

• inside a test file;
• inside an external files being imported into a test file.

Error occurs such as SyntaxError: Cannot use 'import.meta' outside a module.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

git clone https://github.com/Userbit/jest-import-meta
cd jest-import-meta/
npm install
npm test

Expected behavior

All tests should be passed successfully without any errors such as SyntaxError: Cannot use 'import.meta' outside a module

Link to repl or repo (highly encouraged)

Repo with all necessary source code and a screenshots about what happens.

envinfo

$ npx envinfo --preset jest
npx: installed 1 in 3.828s

  System:
    OS: Linux 4.15 Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.7.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
    npm: 6.10.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    jest: ^24.9.0 => 24.9.0

[Userbit]

It seems my issue corresponds to long-lived issue #4842

[SimenB]

Yeah, it'll need to wait for proper esm support

[rogeliog]

Should we close this in favor of #4842?

[SimenB]

yeah

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