Function sortByLongestPrefix

src/mapping-entry.ts:56–60

* Sort path patterns. * If a module name can be matched with multiple patterns then pattern with the longest prefix will be picked.

(arr: Array<string>)

 * If a module name can be matched with multiple patterns then pattern with the longest prefix will be picked.
 */
function sortByLongestPrefix(arr: Array<string>): Array<string> {
  return arr
    .concat()
    .sort((a: string, b: string) => getPrefixLength(b) - getPrefixLength(a));
}

function getPrefixLength(pattern: string): number {
  const prefixLength = pattern.indexOf("*");