Add node_modules/.bin to $PATH

[kentcdodds]

Just like npm-scripts do:

In addition to the shell's pre-existing PATH, npm run adds node_modules/.bin to the PATH provided to scripts. Any binaries provided by locally-installed dependencies can be used without the node_modules/.bin prefix. For example, if there is a devDependency on tap in your package, you should write:

"scripts": {"test": "tap test/.js"}
instead of "scripts": {"test": "node_modules/.bin/tap test/.js"} to run your tests.

This would be very handy!

[kentcdodds]

I'm investigating now. Here is where the scripts are run, and here is where PATH gets added. Would love it if we could get the path adding stuff open sourced, or find an open source solution...

[gtramontina]

Yes!! I thought about this in the very beginning of the project and for whatever reason I forgot about it... I've done something like that here: https://github.com/gtramontina/npmw 😁 -- more specifically at https://github.com/gtramontina/npmw/blob/master/lib/npmw.template#L15-L16

I believe this should be quite straight forward.

[kentcdodds]

I think it'd be cool if we could take some of what npm has here and here and open source it, then ghooks can use it... I'll let you know when I've got that done. 😀

[kentcdodds]

Done! http://npm.im/add-to-path

[bjrmatos]

I think this would be useful for better git's GUI integration #18 :D

[kentcdodds]

I don't think so actually. The problem is that git GUIs don't even load node in the first place :-(

[noamokman]

👍 this repo seems a bit in active.. need some help?

[kentcdodds]

Would totally love some help :-) FYI, add-to-path was renamed and altered a bit to become manage-path

[noamokman]

Yeah just followed up on your second PR for npm.
Hope you manage to squeeze it in 😄
I wanna close all PRs and issues. I can make a PR for this issue but I wanna clean up a bit first.
What do you say?

[kentcdodds]

That sounds awesome! I'll keep an eye on things :-)