Clear node's global search paths

atom/browser/lib/init.coffee

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ Module = require 'module'
 # we need to restore it here.
 process.argv.splice 1, 1
 
+# Import common settings.
+require path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'common', 'lib', 'init')
+
 # Add browser/api/lib to module search paths, which contains javascript part of
 # Electron's built-in libraries.
 globalPaths = Module.globalPaths
 globalPaths.push path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'api', 'lib')
 
-# Import common settings.
-require path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'common', 'lib', 'init')
-
 if process.platform is 'win32'
   # Redirect node's console to use our own implementations, since node can not
   # handle console output when running as GUI program.

atom/common/lib/init.coffee

@@ -9,18 +9,9 @@ process.atomBinding = (name) ->
   catch e
     process.binding "atom_common_#{name}" if /No such module/.test e.message
 
-# Global module search paths.
+# Clear node's global search paths.
 globalPaths = Module.globalPaths
-
-# Don't lookup modules in user-defined search paths, see http://git.io/vf8sF.
-homeDir =
-  if process.platform is 'win32'
-    process.env.USERPROFILE
-  else
-    process.env.HOME
-if homeDir  # Node only add user-defined search paths when $HOME is defined.
-  userModulePath = path.resolve homeDir, '.node_modules'
-  globalPaths.splice globalPaths.indexOf(userModulePath), 2
+globalPaths.length = 0
 
 # Add common/api/lib to module search paths.
 globalPaths.push path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'api', 'lib')

atom/renderer/lib/init.coffee

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ Module = require 'module'
 # atom-renderer.js, we need to restore it here.
 process.argv.splice 1, 1
 
+# Import common settings.
+require path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'common', 'lib', 'init')
+
 # Add renderer/api/lib to require's search paths, which contains javascript part
 # of Atom's built-in libraries.
 globalPaths = Module.globalPaths
 globalPaths.push path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'api', 'lib')
 
-# Import common settings.
-require path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'common', 'lib', 'init')
-
 # The global variable will be used by ipc for event dispatching
 v8Util = process.atomBinding 'v8_util'
 v8Util.setHiddenValue global, 'ipc', new events.EventEmitter