Thanks for the suggestions guys, I'm going with a similar approach to Floby's suggection and making it possible to provide mongoose to mymodule for development (whereas in production it will inherit from the parent project).
On Wednesday, July 3, 2013 1:29:51 PM UTC+10, [email protected] wrote: > > I am developing a module which requires access to the same cached version > of a module (mongoose) that my main application uses. > > As explained by the docs, here: > http://nodejs.org/api/modules.html#modules_addenda_package_manager_tips > > *...Node looks up the realpath of any modules it loads (that is, resolves > symlinks), and then looks for their dependencies in the node_modules folders > as described above...* > > In this case I have a directory structure: > > ~/projects/mymodule <- exposed using npm link > > ~/projects/app/web.js > ~/projects/app/node_modules/mongoose > ~/projects/app/node_modules/mymodule <- points to ~/projects/mymodule > thanks to npm link mymodule > > In *~/projects/app/web.js:* > > var mongoose = require('mongoose'), mymodule = require('mymodule'); > // followed by configuration of the mongoose instance > > In *~/projects/mymodule/index.js:* > > var mongoose = require('mongoose'); > // needs to be the same instance of mongoose configured > by ~/projects/app/web.js > > > Because require() looks up the realpath of mymodule, it never finds the > mongoose module installed in app. > > This is different from how it will behave in real-world usage (when > mymodule is installed via npm). > > I understand this is a bit of a special case, in that I explicitly want > the same version of a module in use by the main app, and never a specific > one. I have not specified mongoose as a dependency of mymodule, and leave > the author to ensure a valid, compatible version is required by the author > of the app using mymodule. > > If there is a way to fix this (or a better structure), please let me know. > To achieve what I am trying to do, it is crucial that the same instance of > mongoose is shared between mymodule and the app. > > Thanks, > Jed. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
