From 219b46ae1a50f12d3e145e3929faf243d3a78df1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johan Haals <johan.haals@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 15:06:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Include default alpha export during package detection
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Co-authored-by: Fredrik Adelöw <freben@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Camila Belo <camilaibs@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Philipp Hugenroth <philipph@spotify.com>
Signed-off-by: Johan Haals <johan.haals@gmail.com>
---
 .changeset/wise-boxes-kiss.md                    | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts | 5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/wise-boxes-kiss.md

diff --git a/.changeset/wise-boxes-kiss.md b/.changeset/wise-boxes-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea3abd594d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wise-boxes-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/cli': patch
+---
+
+Include default alpha export during package detection
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts
index 46cffdceb0..10686f7c86 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/bundler/packageDetection.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ async function detectPackages(
           depPackageJson.backstage?.role ?? '',
         )
       ) {
+        // Include alpha entry point if available. If there's no default export it will be ignored
+        const exp = depPackageJson.exports;
+        if (exp && typeof exp === 'object' && './alpha' in exp) {
+          return [depName, `${depName}/alpha`];
+        }
         return [depName];
       }
       return [];