How do I manage relative path aliasing in multiple grunt-browserify bundles?

Question

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Answer 1

All the answers here about aliases and opts.paths/$NODE_PATH are not great because that approach is a deprecated part of the module system in node and browserify, so it could stop working at any time.

You should learn how the node_modules algorithm works so you can effectively organize your code in a way that plays well with nested node_modules directories.

There is a section in the browserify handbook that covers avoiding ../../../../../../.. relative path issues. It can be summarized as:

• Put your internal modular code in node_modules/ or node_modules/app so that you can require('yourmodule') or require('app/yourmodule') depending on which you prefer.
• You can use a symlink if you're developing for non-windows platforms and that is what you prefer.

Don't use opts.path/$NODE_PATH. It makes your project:

• implicitly depend on a non-obvious configuration or environment setting
• harder to make work in both node and the browser
• vulnerable to changes in the module system since array paths are deprecated in node and browserify