GitHub - ericelliott/rootrequire: npm install --save rootrequire # then `var root = require('rootrequire'), myLib = require(root + '/path/to/lib.js');`

GitHub - ericelliott/rootrequire: npm install --save rootrequire # then `var root = require('rootrequire'), myLib = require(root + '/path/to/lib.js');`

Require files relative to your project root.

Status - DEPRECATED - use ES6 modules, instead

Install

npm install --save rootrequire

Use

var
  root = require('rootrequire'),
  myLib = require(root + '/path/to/lib.js');

Why?

You can move files around more easily than you can with relative paths like ../../lib/my-lib.js
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