webpack (with sass-loader) - scss file @import does not recognize resolve alias

Question

My project structure:

webpack.config.js
app--

   --> src
   ---->> components
   ------>>> myComponent.js
   ------>>> myComponent.scss

   --> styles
   ---->> variables.scss

In webpack.config module.exports:

...
resolve: {
    alias: {
       styles: path.join(__dirname, 'app/styles') 
   }
}

In my file - myComponent.scss:

@import "styles/variables";

I am getting this error when building bundle.js:

Module build failed:
@import "styles/variables";
^
      File to import not found or unreadable: styles/variables

How can I @import aliases in sass files?

Answer 1

I was able to use, on a stylesheet, an alias that I defined in webpack by using the following:

@import '~alias/variables';

just by prefixing the alias with ~ did the trick for me, as suggested by documentation in here