ntm

newly transformed modules

Actually just symlinks a directory in your module to your node_modules directory so you can do require('<alias>/whatever') anywhere.

Usage

package.json options

{
  "ntm": {
    "alias": "...",
    "src": "mod",
    "install": "install",
    "danger": false
  }
}

• alias: The alias to use in your node_modules folder. It's hard to even pick a specific one given it may conflict with any other module at any time, so I'm giving the option to do this to the user. Uses a mod folder (ntm/mod) inside this module if not provided.
• src: An existing folder in your module containing scripts or whatnot.
• install: install script filename, relative to src
• danger: enables danger mode. alias will be disregarded when set.

Install

Make sure your mod/<src> folder exists before installing!

npm i ntm

Writing scripts

Create a folder named mod or whatever you placed in src. For example, you created a script named myscript.js. Now miraculously you can now call it from anywhere in your module using require('ntm/mod/myscript'), if you specified an alias, replace ntm/mod with that alias.

install.js

While installing the module, any file named install.js will be require-called, allowing for any module transformation or whatever.

Re-run

cd node_modules/ntm
npm run postinstall

Danger mode

Danger mode will try to link files to the ntm's own module directory, allowing require('ntm/myscript'). Awesome, right? But make sure you know what you're doing. Overwriting ntm's own files is not allowed.

EPERM

If you get EPERM errors, obviously you do not have enough permissions to do the required operation.

Suggestions for writing scripts

Do not make assumptions about the directory structure. Use require and require.resolve. You can use __dirname but for same-directory access only.

License

MIT