pkgresolve
Resolve a dependency of another package.
Last updated 12 years ago
by timoxley
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pkgresolve
Resolve a dependency from within the context of another package.
Useful for hacks, monkeypatching or wrappers that require manipulation of the exact dependency that would be loaded by a package.
Installation
npm install --save pkgresolve
Example
var resolve = require('pkgresolve')
// Resolve 'through' from locally installed 'tape'
resolve('through').from('tape', function(err, pkgPath) {
// pkgPath - path to through or null
})
// Resolve 'npmconf' from globally installed 'npm'
resolve('npmconf').fromGlobal('npm', function(err, pkgPath) {
// pkgPath - path to npmconf or null
})
CLI
# Resolve 'through' from locally installed 'tape'
pkgresolve tape through
# Resolve 'npmconf' from globally installed 'npm'
pkgresolve --global npm npmconf
Why not require('parent/node_modules/child')?
Due to deduplication, child is not guaranteed to exist at that
location. You don't even need to call npm dedupe for this to happen –
npm will not install something that is already installed in the
hierarchy. pkgresolve is a more robust method.
Use Responsibly.
This intentially breaks the encapsulation provided by node/npm's module system. Don't use this unless you have to.
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License
MIT
Current Tags
- 1.1.4 ... latest (9 years ago)