Purpose of exclude: /node_modules in webpack.config.js

[jlandrum]

I have built a tool for generating block-based themes that currently uses @wordpress/scripts. During development, all has been fine, but I just got a new computer and decided to install my tool as a user normally would (in this case, bun install -g)

I noticed in doing this, babel-loader isn't loaded, and as a result no .ts/tsx files are being properly handled (with an error that there are no loaders). In testing, it appears removing exclude: /node_modules from webpack.config.js solves this, so I'm curious if anyone can give some insight into why this line exists / what its intended purpose is.

I wouldn't want to suggest removing something that likely was put there for a reason, but if it doesn't impact the typical use of the scripts while blocking use from within dependencies, I'm curious if it's worth removing.