From bc04136c678a7df33e4c51ec91d786096e52772f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Oberhauser <jan.oberhauser@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:38:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] :zap: Make "n8n-node-dev build" work without n8n-modules in
 folder

---
 packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts b/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts
index b898ac05fd..ec8134256a 100644
--- a/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts
+++ b/packages/node-dev/src/Build.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ export async function buildFiles (options?: IBuildOptions): Promise<string> {
 
 	const outputDirectory = options.destinationFolder || UserSettings.getUserN8nFolderCustomExtensionPath();
 
-	let buildCommand = `${tscPath} --p ${tsconfigData.path} --outDir ${outputDirectory} --rootDir ${process.cwd()}`;
+	// Supply a node base path so that it finds n8n-core and n8n-workflow
+	const nodeModulesPath = join(__dirname, '../../node_modules/');
+	let buildCommand = `${tscPath} --p ${tsconfigData.path} --outDir ${outputDirectory} --rootDir ${process.cwd()} --baseUrl ${nodeModulesPath}`;
 	if (options.watch === true) {
 		buildCommand += ' --watch';
 	}