Returns the chain of JavaScript files used to require a given Node module - i.e. its ancestors
npm install require-ancestorsReturns the chain of JavaScript files used to require a given Node
module - i.e. its ancestors.
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npm install require-ancestors --save
Consider the following files:
file1.js
`js
const ancestors = require('require-ancestors')
exports.static = ancestors(module)
exports.dynamic = function () {
return ancestors(module)
}
`
file2.js
`js`
module.exports = require('./file1')
file3.js
`js`
module.exports = require('./file2')
file4.js
`js
const file2 = require('./file2')
const file3 = require('./file3')
console.log(file3.static)
console.log(file2.static)
console.log(file3.dynamic())
console.log(file2.dynamic())
`
Now consider that we run file4.js using node file4.js.
The output from all 4 console.log statements will be identical:['/full/path/file2.js', '/full/path/file4.js']. This is becauseancestors(module) always will return the filenames in order based onmodule
the first time the module indicated by the object was required.
Arguments:
- module - This should be themodule
objectmodule
whos module you wish to get the chain of ancestors for. The
object is provided by Node core and is available to all modules
Returns an array of filenames used to require the given module`. The
filenames are sorted in the order they where originally required with
the closest ancestor at index 0.
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