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Argumentless nodemon command in npm project does not run value of "main" from package.json #2051

Closed jared-at-devmountain closed 1 year ago

jared-at-devmountain commented 2 years ago

Expected behaviour

See stackoverflow question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/72946313/

npm project js file can be run by the nodemon command without arguments as long as "main" set in package.json file. For example, if main was set to "server.js", when I run "nodemon", then what happens should be equivalent to "nodemon server.js". It shouldn't matter if there is an "index.js" file at the root of my project, the "nodemon" command should still run "nodemon server.js"

Actual behaviour

When there is an "index.js" file at the root of my project, it doesn't matter what the "main" attribute is in "package.json": it will always try to run "index.js" at root when I run "nodemon".

Steps to reproduce

Make a directory cd to that directory and make a new npm project with 'npm init -y' in the package.json file, set main to "server.js" make a server.js file at the root of the project, have it filled with some simple code, perhaps a simple Express app make a index.js file at root, have it filled with some simple code run nodemon

Environment

nodemon 2.0.16 macOS Monterey 12.4 zsh 5.8.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin21.0) npm 1.5.5 node 16.15.0

remy commented 2 years ago

I'm not at a computer ATM, but the behaviour should follow what node . would do. Appreciate it's slightly different syntax but it's what I set off with originally.

If you can test that with the same directory set up and let me know what happens then I can decide what to do from there.

jared-at-devmountain commented 2 years ago

@remy I tested it, and the commands nodemon and node . behave differently (the former runs index.js, and the latter runs server.js). I've attached an image of my tests' console logs for your benefit:

Screen Shot 2022-07-13 at 2 44 33 PM .

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jared-at-devmountain commented 2 years ago

Simply commenting here so that the issue isn't closed.

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