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Error: Cannot find module 'orchestrator' when node_modules is a symlink

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I would like to put node_modules in a tmp directory and symlink to it from the actual working directory, to save lots of disk space wasted by gazillion of little files when working with many projects that need the same set of modules. But when I do this I get Error: Cannot find module 'orchestrator' This only happens when symlinking to the node_modules directory, not when this directory is a real one. This looks like some module loading code does not like symlinks (on linux). It would be great if that could be resolved, thanks for your attention!

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:6 (2 by maintainers)

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phatedcommented, May 9, 2016

This is a node issue.

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COLABORATIcommented, May 10, 2016

However, this is not a solution - file system features of the underlying operating system should not be a problem for an application like gulp. Please re-open this issue until the problem is solved, thanks.

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