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doc: document null target pattern
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PR-URL: #38724
Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Derek Lewis <DerekNonGeneric@inf.is>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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guybedford authored and richardlau committed Jul 20, 2021
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}
```

**`*` maps expose nested subpaths as it is a string replacement syntax
only.**

The left hand matching pattern must always end in `*`. All instances of `*` on
the right hand side will then be replaced with this value, including if it
contains any `/` separators.
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files within the package. Because `node_modules` paths are forbidden in exports
targets, this expansion is dependent on only the files of the package itself.

To exclude private subfolders from patterns, `null` targets can be used:

```json
// ./node_modules/es-module-package/package.json
{
"exports": {
"./features/*": "./src/features/*.js",
"./features/private-internal/*": null
}
}
```

```js
import featureInternal from 'es-module-package/features/private-internal/m';
// Throws: ERR_PACKAGE_PATH_NOT_EXPORTED

import featureX from 'es-module-package/features/x';
// Loads ./node_modules/es-module-package/src/features/x.js
```

### Exports sugar
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added: v12.11.0
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