Is it possible to set dependencies for a folder using require.js?

Question

Is it possible to set dependencies for an entire folder using require.js?

I know that you can use the shim configuration to set dependencies for a file:

require.config({
    shim: {
        'plugin/backbone/xyz': {
            deps: ['lib/backbone'],
            exports: 'Backbone'
        }
    }
});

In the above example I define the dependencies for the plugin backbone/xyz, but I would like to define the dependencies for all backbone plugins:

require.config({
    shim: {
        'plugin/backbone/': { // I would like to specify a folder here but it doesn't work.
            deps: ['lib/backbone'],
            exports: 'Backbone'
        }
    }
});

---

I think that I once found a gist about it on GitHub, but I can't seem to find it again.

---

To clarify: This isn't about requiring an entire folder, but setting dependencies for it - What all files in the folder needs before they are ready to initialize, each and one of them. It would be accomplished by adding shims for all the files, but I would like to only have to add that shim once for the entire folder:

shim: {
    'lib/backbone': {
        exports: 'Backbone' // <- No use of .noConflict() so all plugins can be required and export Backbone as well.
    },
    'plugin/backbone/a': {
        deps: ['lib/backbone'], // <- Require backbone
        exports: 'Backbone' // <- Export backbone
    },
    // Same requirement and folder for these files:
    'plugin/backbone/b': {
        deps: ['lib/backbone'],
        exports: 'Backbone'
    },
    'plugin/backbone/c': {
        deps: ['lib/backbone'],
        exports: 'Backbone'
    }
}

Answer 1

No, you cannot easily create a wildcard to add dependencies to all files under a folder from the configuration itself. You can however create a loop before the config and add whichever dependencies you want.

var config = {
    shim: {
        'plugin/backbone/xyz': {
            deps: ['lib/dependency'],
            exports: 'Backbone'
        }
    }
};
for(var shim in config.shim) {
    if(shim.indexOf('plugin/backbone/') == 0) {
        if(config.shim[shim].deps == null) {
            config.shim[shim].deps = [];
        }
        config.shim[shim].deps.push('lib/backbone');
    }
}
require.config(config);

This is the only way I can think of without having to override one of require's functions yourself. Not elegant, I will admit, but it will do the job.

Answer 2

Inspired by @J_A_X's answer

You can make an array of files that should share the same dependencies and create the shim dynamically:

var config = { shim: { /*...*/ } }

var plugins = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'],
    plugin_shim = {
        deps: ['lib/backbone'],
        exports: 'Backbone'
    };  

plugins.forEach(function(file) {
    config.shim['plugin/backbone/' + file] = plugin_shim;
});

require.config(config);

But this wouldn't work very well if someone would minuglify using r.js