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alexanderGugel / ied

:package: Like npm, but faster - an alternative package manager for Node
http://alexandergugel.github.io/ied
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Why can't modules be stored globally on a machine? #183

Closed ghost closed 7 years ago

ghost commented 7 years ago

Under Directory Structure in the README, it states:

A consequence of the require.resolve algorithm used by Node, all packages need to be stored in a project-level node_modules directory.

Can someone elaborate on the technical behavior of require.resolve that results in this constraint?