How does npm know where to look for my index.js file?-CodePudding

My pckage.json looks like this:

{
  "name": "server",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
...

How does it know where to find the index.js file? What if I have multiple index.js files in different directories?

CodePudding user response：

TL;DR: The `main` property is static, not relative.

The index.js is relative to the package root, or the package.json. If you have this.

.
├── package.json
├── index.js
└── utils.js

Then it will point to ./index.js, as it is relative. If you have a index.js in src/index.js, the main will need to point to src/index.js instead.

TL;DR: The main property is static, not relative.

TL;DR: The `main` property is static, not relative.