Typescript: resolve relative import path when using symlinks

This seems like a dumb question, but I struggle to find the answer.

The situation

Here is my folder structure:

myProject/
├── module1/
│   ├── config.ts
│   └── init.ts #symlink
├── module2/
│   ├── config.ts
│   └── init.ts #symlink
└── symlinks/
    └── init.ts # the real not duplicated file

The file init.js import local files like so:

import config from './config'

// ...

The problem

The problem is that typescript throws Cannot find module './config' or its corresponding type declarations

I tried playing with typescript option preserveSymlinks but it didn't solve my problem

I know about other ways to achieve my goal but it's overkill for just one file and it doesn't solve relaying on a relative path (like creating a npm module, creating a function and pass relative file content as parameter or even generating files at runtime...)

=> I am working with typescript in a monorepo.

Is it possible to use symlinks this way? If no, are there other (simple) alternatives?

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