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npm install derequire
var derequire = require('derequire');
var transformedCode = derequire(code, /*tokenTo=*/'_dereq_', /*tokenFrom=*/'require');
takes a string of code and replaces all instances of the identifier tokenFrom
(default 'require') and replaces them with tokenTo (default '_dereq_') but only if they are functional arguments and subsequent uses of said argument, then returnes the code.
Note: in order to avoid quite a few headaches the token you're changing from and the token you're changing to need to be the same length.
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We found that derequire demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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