r just create a symlink
package that points to your working directory, then do this:</p>
<pre><code>npm link
</code></pre><p>Use <code>npm ls -g</code> to see if it&#39;s there.</p>
<p>To test a local install, go into some other folder, and then do:</p>
<pre><code>cd ../some-other-folder
npm install ../my-package
</code></pre><p>to install it locally into the node_modules folder in that other place.</p>
<p>Then go into the node-repl, and try using require(&quot;my-thing&quot;) to
bring in your module&#39;s 