Node shebang line results in error since Node.js 12.16.0

Using rewire@5.0.0. Modules including shebang line can no longer be loaded with rewire.

Files to test the issue:

$ cat test.js 
const rewire = require('rewire');
rewire('./dependency.js');

$ cat dependency.js 
#!/usr/bin/env node
console.log('Hello world!');

With Node.js 12.15.0 it still works:

$ node --version
v12.15.0

$ node test.js 
Hello world!

Starting with Node.js 12.16.0 it fails:

$ node --version
v12.16.0

$ node test.js 
/tmp/node/dependency.js:1
(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { var clearInterval = global.clearInterval; var clearTimeout = global.clearTimeout; var setInterval = global.setInterval; var setTimeout = global.setTimeout; var queueMicrotask = global.queueMicrotask; var clearImmediate = global.clearImmediate; var setImmediate = global.setImmediate; (function () { #!/usr/bin/env node
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         ^

SyntaxError: Invalid or unexpected token
    at new Script (vm.js:88:7)
    at createScript (vm.js:263:10)
    at Object.runInThisContext (vm.js:311:10)
    at wrapSafe (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1058:15)
    at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1121:27)
    at Module.module._compile (/tmp/node/node_modules/rewire/lib/moduleEnv.js:124:18)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1177:10)
    at Object.jsExtension (/tmp/node/node_modules/rewire/lib/moduleEnv.js:132:24)
    at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:1001:32)
    at Object.load (/tmp/node/node_modules/rewire/lib/moduleEnv.js:55:18)

There has been some changes on shebang handling in Node.js 12.16.0: https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/bcd27f7300 https://github.com/nodejs/node/commit/1c50714729

[jaked]

hi, came across this bug when I was debugging a similar issue with Electron. I filed this Node bug https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/36173. I suspect you are running into the same thing because rewire monkey-patches Module.wrapper.

[cope]

@mbwhite thanks for the info

is there an alternative to use?