feat: plugin can be positioned anywhere in the plugins list

src/index.ts

@@ -60,6 +60,32 @@ export default function externalAssets(pattern: FilterPattern, options?: PluginO
 
 	return {
 		name: PLUGIN_NAME,
+		async options(inputOptions) {
+			const plugins = inputOptions.plugins;
+
+			// No transformations.
+			if (!plugins) return null;
+
+			// Separate our plugin from other plugins.
+			const externalAssetsPlugins: Plugin[] = [];
+			const otherPlugins = plugins.filter(plugin => {
+				if (plugin.name !== PLUGIN_NAME) return true;
+
+				externalAssetsPlugins.push(plugin);
+				return false;
+			});
+
+			// Re-position our plugin to be the first in the list.
+			// Otherwise, if there's a plugin that resolves paths before ours,
+			// non-external imports can trigger the load hook for assets that can't be parsed by other plugins.
+			return {
+				...inputOptions,
+				plugins: [
+					...externalAssetsPlugins,
+					...otherPlugins,
+				],
+			}
+		},
 		async resolveId(source, importer) {
 			// Skip resolving entrypoints,
 			// and don't resolve imports from filtered out modules.

tests/general.test.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const test = require("ava");
 const { nodeResolve } = require("@rollup/plugin-node-resolve");
-const { bundleThrowsMacro } = require("./macros");
+const { rollup } = require("rollup");
 const externalAssets = require("..");
 
 const falsy = [undefined, null, false, "", NaN, 0];
@@ -15,18 +15,17 @@ for (const value of falsy) {
 	});
 }
 
-// If there's a plugin that resolves paths before ours, non-external imports trigger the load hook.
-test("Plugin doesn't work if it's not the first in the list", bundleThrowsMacro,
-	{
-		input: "tests/fixtures/src/index2.js",
-		plugins: [
-			nodeResolve({
-				moduleDirectories: ["tests/fixtures/node_modules"],
-			}),
-			externalAssets(["tests/fixtures/assets/*", /@fontsource\/open-sans/]),
-		],
-	},
-	{
-		code: "PARSE_ERROR",
-	},
-);
+// Solved by re-positioning the plugin to be the first on the list.
+test("Plugin works even if it's not the first in the list", async t => {
+	await t.notThrowsAsync(
+		rollup({
+			input: "tests/fixtures/src/index2.js",
+			plugins: [
+				nodeResolve({
+					moduleDirectories: ["tests/fixtures/node_modules"],
+				}),
+				externalAssets(["tests/fixtures/assets/*", /@fontsource\/open-sans/]),
+			],
+		})
+	);
+});