How to deal with optional dependencies ?

I’m using Backbone & Backbone.native (as a jQuery replacement). But with browserify, I’m having an issue just here

try { $ = require('jquery'); } catch(e) {}

I don’t want jQuery, so for now I just use this really dirty workaround:

mkdir ./node_modules/jquery && ln -s ../backbone.native/backbone.native.js ./node_modules/jquery/index.js

Any idea how to handle that ?

[goto-bus-stop]

@dy There is an --ignore-missing flag:

  --ignore-missing, --im            [default: false]

    Ignore `require()` statements that don't resolve to anything.

[dy]

@goto-bus-stop as far as I get there is no way to set flags in “browserify” field, right? Is there any sense in transform, forwarding its flags to browserify?