Why not include 'dist' folder in npm package?

When i use webpack to compile file, console show these error message.

ERROR in debug (bower component)
Module not found: Error: Cannot resolve 'file' or 'directory' ./dist/debug.js in /Users/stevenjlho/Work/v4s/htdocs/node_modules/debug
@ debug (bower component) 1:17-43

Npm package version is 2.2.0.

[HardlyMirage]

There is no need to disable searchResolveModulesDirectories. Just add node_modules to the excludes array.

plugins: [
    new BowerWebpackPlugin({ excludes: ['node_modules'] })
]

[ShubhamGupta]

For anyone using bower-webpack-plugin: The main issue is that it is recognizing the npm package as a bower component. This is because of this setting: searchResolveModulesDirectories. It is set to true by default and thus searches for the bower components in resolve.modulesDirectories. This probably points to your node_modules directory which is causing the plugin to see the npm package as a bower component. To resolve, simply set this as false in your webpack config. Hope this helps!

{
plugins: [new BowerWebpackPlugin({
      modulesDirectories: [path],
      manifestFiles:      "bower.json",
      includes:           /.*/,
      excludes:           [],
      searchResolveModulesDirectories: false
    })]
}