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Brady Dowling
Brady Dowling

Reputation: 5532

Nested node_modules folder disappears after packaging

I'm building a test Electron app where I clone an express server repo, with its own node_modules folder, into my Electron repo, also with its own node_modules folder. The contents of my app looks like this:

main.js (starts app and forks process from the express app's index.js)
node_modules
package.json
cloned-express-app
   |
    --node_modules
      index.js
      package.json

When I package my app for Mac with electron-builder (with or without asar enabled) the inner node_modules directory doesn't make it into the packaged app. Is there some magic that Electron is doing to eliminate that folder? Is there some way I can ensure that it gets in?

Here are the contents of my main.js and my package.json in case that helps.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 410

Answers (1)

Brady Dowling
Brady Dowling

Reputation: 5532

This is caused by a bug in electron-builder that is present after version 20.15.0 and at least up to version 20.26.0. Install [email protected] and this issue will be fixed.

Upvotes: 3

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