electron/lib/common/reset-search-paths.js

const path = require('path')
const Module = require('module')

// Clear Node's global search paths.
Module.globalPaths.length = 0

// Clear current and parent(init.js)'s search paths.
module.paths = []
module.parent.paths = []

// Prevent Node from adding paths outside this app to search paths.
Module._nodeModulePaths = function (from) {
  from = path.resolve(from)

  // If "from" is outside the app then we do nothing.
  const skipOutsidePaths = from.startsWith(process.resourcesPath)

  // Following logic is copied from module.js.
  const splitRe = process.platform === 'win32' ? /[\/\\]/ : /\//
  const paths = []
  const parts = from.split(splitRe)

  let tip
  let i
  for (tip = i = parts.length - 1; i >= 0; tip = i += -1) {
    const part = parts[tip]
    if (part === 'node_modules') {
      continue
    }
    const dir = parts.slice(0, tip + 1).join(path.sep)
    if (skipOutsidePaths && !dir.startsWith(process.resourcesPath)) {
      break
    }
    paths.push(path.join(dir, 'node_modules'))
  }
  return paths
}

// Patch Module._resolveFilename to always require the Electron API when
// require('electron') is done.
const electronPath = path.join(__dirname, '..', process.type, 'api', 'exports', 'electron.js')
const originalResolveFilename = Module._resolveFilename
Module._resolveFilename = function (request, parent, isMain) {
  if (request === 'electron') {
    return electronPath
  } else {
    return originalResolveFilename(request, parent, isMain)
  }
}