ral

Require ALias

Require path aliasing.

This module allows you to easily move files and directories in your app without having to update many require calls. Instead you update the relevant alias definition.

The paths aliases to be used are defined in require-paths.json. This file is found be the ral node_module using, findup(process.env.REQUIRE_PATHS || '*/require-paths.json'). So by default you can put it in your root or customize its path using process.env.REQUIRE_PATHS.

For example if require-paths.json is:

{
   "constants" : "lib/constants"
}

Then the module at lib/constants can be retrieved with:

require('ral')('constants')

If the location of constants changes, only require-paths.json needs to be updated.

A path can be added after the key. For example given constants above:

require('ral')('constants/something')

will give you lib/constants/something.

Source (~20 lines)

Release Notes:

• 2014-06-02 0.0.1 Initial Release
• 2014-06-03 0.1.0 Added tests & process.env.REQUIRE_PATHS
• 2014-06-03 0.1.1 Locking down node version to >=0.8