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  # require-directory
  
  Recursively iterates over specified directory, `require()`'ing each file, and returning a nested hash structure containing those modules.
  
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  ## How To Use
  
  ### Installation (via [npm](https://npmjs.org/package/require-directory))
  
  ```bash
  $ npm install require-directory
  ```
  
  ### Usage
  
  A common pattern in node.js is to include an index file which creates a hash of the files in its current directory. Given a directory structure like so:
  
  * app.js
  * routes/
    * index.js
    * home.js
    * auth/
      * login.js
      * logout.js
      * register.js
  
  `routes/index.js` uses `require-directory` to build the hash (rather than doing so manually) like so:
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory');
  module.exports = requireDirectory(module);
  ```
  
  `app.js` references `routes/index.js` like any other module, but it now has a hash/tree of the exports from the `./routes/` directory:
  
  ```javascript
  var routes = require('./routes');
  
  // snip
  
  app.get('/', routes.home);
  app.get('/register', routes.auth.register);
  app.get('/login', routes.auth.login);
  app.get('/logout', routes.auth.logout);
  ```
  
  The `routes` variable above is the equivalent of this:
  
  ```javascript
  var routes = {
    home: require('routes/home.js'),
    auth: {
      login: require('routes/auth/login.js'),
      logout: require('routes/auth/logout.js'),
      register: require('routes/auth/register.js')
    }
  };
  ```
  
  *Note that `routes.index` will be `undefined` as you would hope.*
  
  ### Specifying Another Directory
  
  You can specify which directory you want to build a tree of (if it isn't the current directory for whatever reason) by passing it as the second parameter. Not specifying the path (`requireDirectory(module)`) is the equivelant of `requireDirectory(module, __dirname)`:
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory');
  module.exports = requireDirectory(module, './some/subdirectory');
  ```
  
  For example, in the [example in the Usage section](#usage) we could have avoided creating `routes/index.js` and instead changed the first lines of `app.js` to:
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory');
  var routes = requireDirectory(module, './routes');
  ```
  
  ## Options
  
  You can pass an options hash to `require-directory` as the 2nd parameter (or 3rd if you're passing the path to another directory as the 2nd parameter already). Here are the available options:
  
  ### Whitelisting
  
  Whitelisting (either via RegExp or function) allows you to specify that only certain files be loaded.
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    whitelist = /onlyinclude.js$/,
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {include: whitelist});
  ```
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    check = function(path){
      if(/onlyinclude.js$/.test(path)){
        return true; // don't include
      }else{
        return false; // go ahead and include
      }
    },
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {include: check});
  ```
  
  ### Blacklisting
  
  Blacklisting (either via RegExp or function) allows you to specify that all but certain files should be loaded.
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    blacklist = /dontinclude\.js$/,
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {exclude: blacklist});
  ```
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    check = function(path){
      if(/dontinclude\.js$/.test(path)){
        return false; // don't include
      }else{
        return true; // go ahead and include
      }
    },
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {exclude: check});
  ```
  
  ### Visiting Objects As They're Loaded
  
  `require-directory` takes a function as the `visit` option that will be called for each module that is added to module.exports.
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    visitor = function(obj) {
      console.log(obj); // will be called for every module that is loaded
    },
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {visit: visitor});
  ```
  
  The visitor can also transform the objects by returning a value:
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    visitor = function(obj) {
      return obj(new Date());
    },
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {visit: visitor});
  ```
  
  ### Renaming Keys
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    renamer = function(name) {
      return name.toUpperCase();
    },
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {rename: renamer});
  ```
  
  ### No Recursion
  
  ```javascript
  var requireDirectory = require('require-directory'),
    hash = requireDirectory(module, {recurse: false});
  ```
  
  ## Run Unit Tests
  
  ```bash
  $ npm run lint
  $ npm test
  ```
  
  ## License
  
  [MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
  
  ## Author
  
  [Troy Goode](https://github.com/TroyGoode) ([troygoode@gmail.com](mailto:troygoode@gmail.com))