Use yarn link to install a local module as dependency

Author: retyui

example/metro.config.js

@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@ const blockList = exclusionList([
   /.*\.ProjectImports\.zip/,
 ]);
 
+const extraNodeModules = {
+  '@react-native-community/image-editor': path.resolve(__dirname, '..'),
+};
+
 const config = {
+  watchFolders: [extraNodeModules['@react-native-community/image-editor']],
   resolver: {
     blacklistRE: blockList,
     blockList,
+    extraNodeModules,
   },
   transformer: {
     getTransformOptions: async () => ({

example/package.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     "postinstall": "RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 npx pod-install"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@react-native-community/image-editor": "file:..",
+    "@react-native-community/image-editor": "link:..",
     "react": "18.2.0",
     "react-native": "0.72.6"
   },

example/yarn.lock

@@ -1683,8 +1683,9 @@
     prompts "^2.4.0"
     semver "^7.5.2"
 
-"@react-native-community/image-editor@file:..":
-  version "2.3.0"
+"@react-native-community/image-editor@link:..":
+  version "0.0.0"
+  uid ""
 
 "@react-native/assets-registry@^0.72.0":
   version "0.72.0"