node.js require() cache - possible to invalidate?

Question

From the node.js documentation:

Modules are cached after the first time they are loaded. This means (among other things) that every call to require(\'

Answer 1

For anyone coming across this who is using Jest, because Jest does its own module caching, there's a built-in function for this - just make sure jest.resetModules runs eg. after each of your tests:

afterEach( function() {
  jest.resetModules();
});

Found this after trying to use decache like another answer suggested. Thanks to Anthony Garvan.

Function documentation here.