[Feature] Support removeModule API about webpack-virtual-modules HOT 6 OPEN

I find this use case to be interesting.

I'm using webpack-virtual-modules to virtualize some of the modules that are "required" so that they won't break the application. One thing that upsets me is that the virtual modules will always take precedence over the physical files.

What I'd like to have is the flexibility to "unsubscribe" the virtual modules in favor of files that are now present my working directory and I think that the removeModule API would be fundamental for it.

Do you see any objections to this implementation, @larixer?

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@rnarcos No objections, I would merge it, if tests will pass and the code quality will be okay-ish

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Any way that I can be in closer contact with you (or any other contributor associated to this project) in order to get a clearer vision about environment setup and contribution guide?

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@rnarcos As a core team member of Yarn package manager I'm available at a Yarn's discord:
https://discord.com/invite/yarnpkg
You are welcome to direct message me there.

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hey i think i'm trying to do the same thing as you... basically i'm replacing a module dynamically as i rebuild. i can REPLACE the fake contents with new fake contents by calling writeModule again... but i can't go back to the original easily...

it seems like

delete compiler.inputFileSystem._virtualFiles[filename];
compiler.inputFileSystem.purge(filename);

is doing the thing that i want?

edit: no it's not.... dang. but i would really like this feature...

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as a workaround i'm doing writeModule(filename, fs.readFileSync(filename)) if anybody else is stuck

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