This import works, but I can't find any documentation saying that it's valid:
// rather than do a crazy nested import like this
import { myUtil } from '../../../../../lib/utils'
// this appears to work just fine
import { myUtil } from '/lib/utils'
I see where the official answer is to set up a config file with a @ alias, so I suppose I will just do that to be compliant. Just thought it was curious that this import worked just fine. I am using the default configuration for a Next.js project set up with create-next-app
Not sure if this is your case, but if the top folder is in the root directory, you can use this
import { myUtil } from './lib/utils'
I'm guessing that's what's happening, even though you don't have the period in yours.