feat: try to resolve exec in node_modules/.bin

lib/monitor/run.js

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 var debug = require('debug')('nodemon');
+const statSync = require('fs').statSync;
 var utils = require('../utils');
 var bus = utils.bus;
 var childProcess = require('child_process');
@@ -39,12 +40,15 @@ function run(options) {
     stdio = [process.stdin, process.stdout, process.stderr];
   }
 
-  var sh = 'sh';
-  var shFlag = '-c';
+  const sh = 'sh';
+  const shFlag = '-c';
 
+  const binPath = process.cwd() + '/node_modules/.bin';
 
   const spawnOptions = {
-    env: utils.merge(options.execOptions.env, process.env),
+    env: Object.assign({}, process.env, options.execOptions.env, {
+      PATH: binPath + ':' + process.env.PATH,
+    }),
     stdio: stdio,
   }
 
@@ -73,17 +77,26 @@ function run(options) {
 
   const firstArg = cmd.args[0] || '';
 
+  var inBinPath = false;
+  try {
+    inBinPath = statSync(`${binPath}/${executable}`).isFile();
+  } catch (e) {}
+
   // hasStdio allows us to correctly handle stdin piping
   // see: https://git.io/vNtX3
   const hasStdio = utils.satisfies('>= 6.4.0 || < 5');
 
-  if (
+  // forking helps with sub-process handling and tends to clean up better
+  // than spawning, but it should only be used under specific conditions
+  const shouldFork =
     !config.options.spawn &&
-    firstArg.indexOf('-') === -1 && // don't fork if there's a node arg
+    !inBinPath &&
+    firstArg.indexOf('-') === -1 && // don't fork if there's a node exec arg
     firstArg !== 'inspect' && // don't fork it's `inspect` debugger
     executable === 'node' && // only fork if node
     utils.version.major > 4 // only fork if node version > 4
-  ) {
+
+  if (shouldFork) {
     var forkArgs = cmd.args.slice(1);
     var env = utils.merge(options.execOptions.env, process.env);
     stdio.push('ipc');

package.json

@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@
     "ignore-by-default": "^1.0.1",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
     "pstree.remy": "^1.1.0",
-    "semver": "^5.4.1",
+    "semver": "^5.5.0",
     "supports-color": "^5.2.0",
     "touch": "^3.1.0",
-    "undefsafe": "^2.0.1",
+    "undefsafe": "^2.0.2",
     "update-notifier": "^2.3.0"
   },
   "version": "1.15.2-alpha.1"