From 3b5a4709e8e023bfdce12f9d03fce443e87a4251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Clark Du <clark.duxin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 19:50:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: support global command-line build and start (#3647)

With this pr, user can install nuxt globally, then start or build simple repos without npm /yarn install:


```bash
npm i nuxt-edge -g
nuxt dev/build/start
```
---
 lib/core/renderer.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/core/renderer.js b/lib/core/renderer.js
index d19b3d1f90..30c324e35c 100644
--- a/lib/core/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/core/renderer.js
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ export default class Renderer {
       return
     }
 
+    const hasModules = fs.existsSync(path.resolve(this.options.rootDir, 'node_modules'))
     // Create bundle renderer for SSR
     this.bundleRenderer = createBundleRenderer(
       this.resources.serverBundle,
@@ -161,7 +162,8 @@ export default class Renderer {
         {
           clientManifest: this.resources.clientManifest,
           runInNewContext: false,
-          basedir: this.options.rootDir
+          // for globally installed nuxt command, search dependencies in global dir
+          basedir: hasModules ? this.options.rootDir : __dirname
         },
         this.options.render.bundleRenderer
       )