How do I use babel in a node CLI program?

Question

I\'m writing a small CLI tool in node and would like to use ES6 for that.

index.js looks like:

#!/usr/bin/env node

require(\'babel/register\');
module.e         


        

Answer 1

The require hook is meant more for local development than for production use. Ideally you'd precompile before distributing your package. You are running into https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/1889.

You'll need to explicitly tell the register hook not to ignore your application.

require('babel/register')({
  ignore: /node_modules\/(?!my-tool)/
});