Wrong app root path on Windows with scoped packages and nvm

[inxilpro]

Wrong app root path on Windows with scoped packages and nvm

[inxilpro]

Can you post what require('module').globalPaths contains in your app?

[goloroden]

I'll hand it over to a colleague whom I asked this for.

[FrankStraif]

Hi,

require('module').globalPath contains:

[ 'C:\\Users\\jane.doe\\.node_modules', 'C:\\Users\\jane.doe\\.node_libraries', 'C:\\Program Files\\lib\\node' ]

Regards,
Frank

[inxilpro]

Thanks, Frank. I'm not entirely sure how nvm handle setting its module path on Windows. It's odd that C:\Users\jane.doe\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.7.0\node_modules isn't in that list. What about your NODE_PATH environmental variable? What is that set to?

[FrankStraif]

Hi Chris,
I have not set NODE_PATH (never needed it).
But even setting NODE_PATH to e.g. "C:\Users\jane.doe\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.7.0" did not change the behavior, expect that require('module').globalPath now returns

[ '"C:\Users\jane.doe\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.7.0"',
'C:\Users\jane.doe\.node_modules',
'C:\Users\jane.doe\.node_libraries',
'C:\Program Files\lib\node' ]

appRootPath.path is still set to "C:\Users\jane.doe\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.7.0".

---

Remember: the module is globally installed:
I now debugged a little bit and in resolve.js line 49 the following happens:

1. resolved is set to:

c:\Users\jane.doe\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.7.0\node_modules\@org\my-app\node_modules\app-root-path

2. the code does:

var nodeModulesDir = sep + 'node_modules';

if (!alternateMethod && -1 !== resolved.indexOf(nodeModulesDir)) {
	var parts = resolved.split(nodeModulesDir);
	if (parts.length) {
		appRootPath = parts[0];
		parts = null;
	}
}

3. This is how the parts then look like:

parts:
0:"c:\Users\jane.doe\AppData\Roaming\nvm\v6.7.0"
1:"\@org\my-app"
2:"\app-root-path"

4. and parts[0] is what is finally returned as appRootPath.path.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Frank

[navossoc]

I have the exactly the same problem (equivalent paths also), but I'm not using nvm or scoped packages.

I'm not sure, but maybe this isn't related to the new "npm flat design packages"?
I'm not a "node expert", so I'm just trying to guess here...

[goloroden]

Any update on this?

[beanilsson]

Still experiencing this. Any updates?