relative excludes

- src
  - ./header.js
  - main.js <- browserify target this file - has requires ('./header.js') and require ('foo-bar')

now for browserify I explicity ask browserify to exclude ./header.js

# ./main.js

var headers = require ('./headers.js') # browserify correctly ignores, YAY ! :) 
var foo_bar = require ('foo-bar')

so lets look at foo-bar

foo-bar directory

- node_modules
   - foo-bar
     - dist
       - header.js
       - main.js <- entry file has require ('./header.js')

browserify unfortunately also ignores ./header.js in foo bar 😦

@substack - what do ?

cheers !

[MellowMelon]

Browserify’s exclude attempts to deal with both paths (what you want) and the actual arguments to require (what you’re doing now). Instead of excluding ./header.js, try excluding the path to the file.

Excluding/externalizing by require argument is useful in cases where you want to prevent requiring npm modules, e.g. to create a separate bundle with third party code that won’t be changing.

[MellowMelon]

It does both. Check your path again.

Feel free to post the details of what path you used that didn’t work. It’s possible it’s a bug on Windows.