project relative require

gistfile1.js

module.exports = function(projectRoot) {
	var nodeRequire = require;
	var path = nodeRequire("path");

	// normalize the project root path
	projectRoot = path.normalize(projectRoot);
	if(projectRoot[projectRoot.length -1] !== "/") {
		projectRoot += "/";
	}

	return function(rPath) {
		if(rPath[0] === "~") {
			rPath = rPath.replace(/^~\/?/, "");
			return nodeRequire(path.join(projectRoot, rPath));
		} else {
			return nodeRequire(rPath);
		}
	};
};