browserify / browserify/resolve

Unable to resolve a package by its own name

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Description

This is a reminder that [package self-referencing](https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#self-referencing-a-package-using-its-name) is not supported at this time.

**package.json**
```json
{
"name": "my-package",
"main": "./index.js",
"dependencies": {
"resolve": "*"
},
"exports": {
".": "./index.js"
}
}
```

**index.js**
```js
const resolve = require('resolve/sync');

// prints full path of index.js
console.log(`require.resolve: ${require.resolve('my-package')}`);

// throws MODULE_NOT_FOUND
console.log(`resolve: ${resolve('my-package')}`);
```

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**[DEMO LINK](https://stackblitz.com/edit/node-ofbthh?file=package.json,index.js)**

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I imagine this must be a known limitation, since other features linked to module resolution in Node like [package imports](https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#imports) are not supported either. I'm reporting this here anyway because I could not find a reference to this in the documentation or in any of the other issues.

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