node.js - Browserify build fails with local version of an npm module in my package.json dependencies -

i've managed setup package.json , build app's dependencies bundle using browserify, however, when try , switch out 1 of dependencies forked local copy build fails.

this works , installs upstream version (omitting other modules):

"dependencies": {"react-bootstrap": "0.13.0"} 

a local path fork fails:

"dependencies": {"react-bootstrap": "/home/tom/dev/react-bootstrap/"} 

as using npm link, seems "correct" way of managing local version minimal hassle.

finally, using git url fork fails:

"dependencies": {"react-bootstrap": "git://github.com/tompaton/react-bootstrap.git"} 

i tried updating package.json in react-bootstrap module repository url pointed tompaton/react-bootstrap didn't make difference.

the error message i'm getting not shedding light on situation:

(cycles)tom@neon:~/dev/flask_projects/cycles!$ npm run build  > cycles@1.0.0 build /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles > browserify -r react-bootstrap -o static/lib-runtime.js  error: cannot find module 'react-bootstrap' '/home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles'     @ /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:50:17     @ process (/home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:119:43)     @ /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:128:21     @ load (/home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:60:43)     @ /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:66:22     @ /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/node_modules/browserify/node_modules/browser-resolve/node_modules/resolve/lib/async.js:21:47     @ object.oncomplete (fs.js:107:15)  npm err! cycles@1.0.0 build: `browserify -r react-bootstrap -o static/lib-runtime.js` npm err! exit status 1 npm err!  npm err! failed @ cycles@1.0.0 build script. npm err! problem cycles package, npm err! not npm itself. npm err! tell author fails on system: npm err!     browserify -r react-bootstrap -o static/lib-runtime.js npm err! can info via: npm err!     npm owner ls cycles npm err! there additional logging output above. npm err! system linux 3.13.0-43-generic npm err! command "/usr/bin/node" "/usr/bin/npm" "run" "build-runtime" npm err! cwd /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles npm err! node -v v0.10.26 npm err! npm -v 1.4.3 npm err! code elifecycle npm err!  npm err! additional logging details can found in: npm err!     /home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/npm-debug.log npm err! not ok code 0 

/home/tom/dev/flask_projects/cycles/npm-debug.log has same information.

the node_modules folder looks like:

(cycles)tom@neon:~/dev/flask_projects/cycles!$ ls -al node_modules/react-bootstrap/ total 64 drwxrwxr-x  7 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 . drwxrwxr-x 14 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 .. drwxr-xr-x  6 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 docs -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom 3886 dec 16 22:00 gruntfile.js drwxr-xr-x  3 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 ie8 -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom  228 dec 16 22:00 .jshintrc -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom  425 dec 16 22:00 karma.ci.js -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom  390 dec 16 22:00 karma.dev.js -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom 1123 dec 16 22:00 license -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom  146 dec 16 22:00 .npmignore -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom 3596 dec 16 22:00 package.json -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom 1345 dec 16 22:00 readme.md drwxr-xr-x  3 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 src drwxr-xr-x  3 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 test drwxr-xr-x  5 tom tom 4096 dec 16 22:00 tools -rw-r--r--  1 tom tom   37 dec 16 22:00 .travis.yml 

so npm install has downloaded right version , permissions fine.

can tell me how resolve this? or @ least point me better information on actual error is?

run browserify or gulp task node_path=./node_modules so:

node_path=./node_modules gulp scripts

that tell node-resolve , extension, browserify use local folder resolve dependencies.