The module loading system will not append node_modules to a
path already ending in node_modules. This used to be documented,
but it was lost.
Fixes: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3873
PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/3920
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michaƫl Zasso <mic.besace@gmail.com>
If the module identifier passed to `require()` is not a native module,
and does not begin with `'/'`, `'../'`, or `'./'`, then Node.js starts at the
parent directory of the current module, and adds `/node_modules`, and
-attempts to load the module from that location.
+attempts to load the module from that location. Node will not append
+`node_modules` to a path already ending in `node_modules`.
If it is not found there, then it moves to the parent directory, and so
on, until the root of the file system is reached.