Force Resolve
Ensure to resolve the path of a NPM dependency. Similar to force-require but return the path of the dependency instead.
Install
npm install force-resolve --save
Usage
var forceResolve = ; // [// '/Users/kikobeats/Projects/force-resolve/node_modules/mocha',// '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/mocha'// ]
API
forceResolve.(<String>, [cb])
Try to load a dependency based in the name. If cb
is provided then the call will be resolved as sync interface.
Internally the library follow the next algorithm:
-
Try to require the dependency locally. This means that exists in the current
process.cwd()/node_modules
folder as direct dependency or a dependency of another dependency. -
If not possible to resolve locally, then try to resolve globally in your system. Try to require the dependency globally using the module global-modules.
-
At this poin of the algorithm, the dependency was not found. Let's install as global module and later require it.
License
MIT © Kiko Beats