Requires the file package to work in node or browserify.

[jimsynz]

Handlebars depends on the "file" npm package to function under browserify or node.js.

[defunctzombie]

why does handlebars need this? Could it be removed altogether?

[wagenet]

@shtylman I think this is for precompilation.

[wagenet]

@jamesotron What version of Node? I've installed the Handlebars NPM package and not had any issues.

[defunctzombie]

I have had the same problem in browserify and script. It works in node tho. Just not when you try to use the client side bundlers.

[jimsynz]

Sorry for going incommunicado for a few days - my whole family came down with the flu.

Regardless, I'm using Node 0.6.15.

[wagenet]

@jamesotron I have 0.6.11. I wouldn't have expected much significant to change in a minor point release, but maybe it has.

[wagenet]

@jamesotron Will this work for older versions of Node, since we only require >= 0.4.7?

[kpdecker]

@jamesotron What error are you seeing that led you to this? The only reference to a file module that I could find was in the parser's generated code which as best I can tell is not used.

exports.main = function commonjsMain(args) {
    if (!args[1])
        throw new Error('Usage: '+args[0]+' FILE');
    var source, cwd;
    if (typeof process !== 'undefined') {
        source = require('fs').readFileSync(require('path').resolve(args[1]), "utf8");
    } else {
        source = require("file").path(require("file").cwd()).join(args[1]).read({charset: "utf-8"});
    }
    return exports.parser.parse(source);
}

[jchris]

I'm getting this when I try to push it to a phonegap environment with browserify and Zepto:

/Users/jchris/code/TouchGap/node_modules/browserify/lib/wrap.js:459
            throw moduleError('Cannot find module');
                  ^
Error: Cannot find module: "file" from directory "/Users/jchris/code/TouchGap/node_modules/handlebars/lib/handlebars/compiler" while processing file /Users/jchris/code/TouchGap/node_modules/handlebars/lib/handlebars/compiler/parser.js
    at moduleError (/Users/jchris/code/TouchGap/node_modules/browserify/lib/wrap.js:420:16)

[kpdecker]

I think this is a result of static analysis via browserify. I have a test branch setup locally that modifies the parser slightly to handle this in a better manner but I need to check into some cleanup there before I can commit it.

[kpdecker]

3cac267 should resolve this issue as the unnecessary code will not be generated anymore.