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src: allow loading lib/ files from disk #9652

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Commits on Dec 5, 2016

  1. src: allow loading lib/ files from disk 

    Introduce a `--internal-modules-source-dir=` CLI option that allows
developers to test a modified version of the Node JavaScript source
files without rebuilding the Node executable and instead loading
the files from a directory on the disk.

This can be useful in situations where compiling and linking takes a
disproportionately long time, e.g. debugging Node core on slow machines
or inside of VMs, or installing a full compiler toolchain to build
Node does not seem reasonable.

This change does not document the CLI option in the official
documentation as it targets developers, not users, of Node.
Instead, a note is left in `CONTRIBUTING.md`.
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    addaleax committed Dec 5, 2016
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  2. src: allow specifying entry point script 

    Introduce a `--js-entry-point=` CLI option that allows pointing
the node executable to a main entry point that’s not
`lib/internal/bootstrap_node.js`.
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    addaleax committed Dec 5, 2016
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