#nodejs #tip Tame your dependencies with a `rekuire` function ;)

app.js

// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File: PROJECT_ROOT/ ... / servers/app1/app.js
 
// Define this **before** all the `require`s.
function initRekuire(baseDir, appDir) {
    var base = baseDir || '.',
        app == appDir || '.';
        
    global.rekuire = function(name) {
        return require(
            path.join(
                __dirname,
                name[0] === '/' ? base : app
            )
        );
    };
}

// Project root is 2 levels above, app rekuires are relative 
// to the current dir that the node process is running at.
initRekuire('../..', '.');

var stuff1 = require('stuff1');
    stuff2 = require('stuff2');
 
// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// File: PROJECT_ROOT/servers/app1/foo/bar/baz/blah.js
 
// Now to require "PROJECT_ROOT/bazinga.js"; instead of this...
require('../../../../bazinga');
 
// You can use this:
rekuire('/bazinga');
 
// And to require "PROJECT_ROOT/servers/app1/nanana/batman.js"
 
// Instead of this
require('../../../nanana/batman');
 
// You can use this:
rekuire('nanana/batman');

Thanks @6Bangs for suggesting unix-like /path/foo/bar versus path/foo/bar semantics; allowing me to get rid of the boolean.