Saving this solution for later, might be able to google it next time it happens
Error:
Module build failed: ReferenceError: Unknown plugin "transform-object-rest-spread" specified in "base" at 0, attempted to resolve relative to "/nova-components/unified-transaction-api/dist"
at /nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:180:17
at Array.map (<anonymous>)
at Function.normalisePlugins (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:158:20)
at OptionManager.mergeOptions (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:234:36)
at OptionManager.init (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:368:12)
at File.initOptions (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:212:65)
at new File (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:135:24)
at Pipeline.transform (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/pipeline.js:46:16)
at transpile (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/index.js:50:20)
at /nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/fs-cache.js:118:18
at ReadFileContext.callback (/nova-components/NovaStuff/node_modules/babel-loader/lib/fs-cache.js:31:21)
at FSReqCallback.readFileAfterOpen [as oncomplete] (node:fs:273:13)
@ ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib?{"cacheDirectory":true,"presets":[["env",{"modules":false,"targets":{"browsers":["> 2%"],"uglify":true}}]],"plugins":["transform-object-rest-spread",["transform-runtime",{"polyfill":false,"helpers":false}]]}!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib/selector.js?type=script&index=0!./resources/js/components/Tool.vue 37:0-90
@ ./resources/js/components/Tool.vue
@ ./resources/js/tool.js
@ multi ./resources/js/tool.js ./resources/sass/tool.scss
ERROR in ./resources/js/api.js
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'some-package' in '/nova-components/NovaStuff/resources/js'
@ ./resources/js/api.js 1:0-85
@ ./node_modules/babel-loader/lib?{"cacheDirectory":true,"presets":[["env",{"modules":false,"targets":{"browsers":["> 2%"],"uglify":true}}]],"plugins":["transform-object-rest-spread",["transform-runtime",{"polyfill":false,"helpers":false}]]}!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib/selector.js?type=script&index=0!./resources/js/components/Tool.vue
@ ./resources/js/components/Tool.vue
@ ./resources/js/tool.js
@ multi ./resources/js/tool.js ./resources/sass/tool.scss
Solution:
Add this to your webpack.mix.js:
.webpackConfig({ resolve: { symlinks: false } }) // prevent webpack from looking for babel-plugins in ../api