Uncaught Exception: Cannot find module ../package.json about electron-reload HOT 8 CLOSED

For the records, 1.4.1 works for my setting. Thanks!

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You can use something like path.join(__dirname, '..') to access files from the location of you entry point.

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The problem is not on the user side, but on the library side, as it crashes executing the following line when the module is imported

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It may differ between the operation systems but getAppPath() should point to the location from where you are starting the app. If you are starting it with electron . (and not electron ./main/main.js) from the root of you project then it will find the package.json

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I cannot reproduce the problem without knowing how your project is structured. Usually you define the entry point in the package.json and start the electron by pointing it to the directory including the package.json. Doing so would result in getAppPath() returning the directory in which the package.json is also located.

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I think we can simplify the application logic by removing

const mainFile = __filename

It should work as electron-reload is always initiated by the main file. @marcoancona could you give it a try and let me know? Thanks.

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Yes, using const mainFile = __filename works for me. Alternatively, one could pass the path of mainFile optionally? This would handle all edge cases I guess.

For completeness, I should mention that the main in my package.json points to dist/main/main.js as in production the app is transpiled into a dist folder. This is the reason why, in development mode, I must run the app with electron main/main.js instead of electron .

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So it turned out that __filename returns the location of electron-reload and not the parent file requireing it. So I was wrong. But I changed it to const mainFile = module.parent.filename and I suppose it should work now. I'll publish a new version and you can try it then.

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