Problem modifying .cc files about face-recognition.js

[justadudewhohacks]

Hi,

My guess is, if you want to modify the files, you would have to clone this repo. Modifying the files inside node_modules will probably just pull the original files from npm again once you npm install.

[xAKLx]

Hello,

Yes, I am using a local copy of the repo, and I am requiring it in the package.json like this:
"face-recognition": "file:./face-recognition". But for some reason, what gets to the node_modules is the original version, even though it throws errors during the build(npm install) if I do something wrong.

[justadudewhohacks]

Okay, why are you adding a dependency to face-recognition in the package.json of face-recognition itself? That doesn't quite make sense to me. You could just obey that line.

[xAKLx]

No, I am adding it to the package.json of my personal project, to use the library(local version) there.

[justadudewhohacks]

Ah I see. Well that's odd. You could try to move the face-recognition package outside of your working directory. I usually do it like "face-recognition": "../face-recognition" when developing locally.

[xAKLx]

It didn't work even using a git link to my own fork in the dependencies or moving the directory outside. But in the end I copied the files to the node_modules and performed a npm run install inside the directory. Now is working properly.