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In Jest we can configure transformIgnorePatterns to ignore files to be transpiled, which defaults to "/node_modules/" . However, if a dependency is not translated when it is published, such as /node_modules/atest , according to the instructions on the official website, it should be configured to transformIgnorePatterns , which feels contrary to the "ignored" meaning of this configuration.

I want to know which files are translated and which files are ignored and not translated by pressing the configuration file below.

module.exports = {
    // ...
    transformIgnorePatterns: ['/node_modules/atest']
    // ...
Possible answer 1: Dependencies in node_modules except atest are transpiled
Possible answer 2: Only atest in node_modules is transpiled, the rest of the dependencies are not transpiled
From the doc, the transformIgnorePatterns option has default value: ["/node_modules/", "\\.pnp\\.[^\\\/]+$"]
It means:
If the file path matches any of the patterns, it will not be transformed.
So, the packages inside the node_modules directory will  NOT be transformed by default.
Now, you have a package named atest which is not a pre-compiled package, you need to transform it using babel and don't transform other packages inside node_modules. So the configuration should be:
  "transformIgnorePatterns": ["/node_modules/(?!(atest)/)"]
Test paths:
/node_modules/atest/index.js
/node_modules/react/index.js
/node_modules/lodash/index.js
/node_modules/dayjs/index.js
The /node_modules/atest will be excluded from transformIgnorePatterns configuration which means it will be transformed.
See the regexp test
        
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