bb-drummer / node-patternlibrary

function moduleOrProcessPath ( file_or_dir ) {

	var module     = path.join(__dirname, '../../'),

	    cwd        = process.cwd(),

	    relPath    = path.relative(cwd, module),

	    cwdFile    = path.join(cwd, file_or_dir),

	    moduleFile = path.join(module, file_or_dir),

	    relFile    = path.join(relPath, file_or_dir);

	if ( (moduleFile != cwdFile) ) {

		if ( !fs.existsSync(cwdFile) && fs.existsSync(moduleFile)) {

			// dindn't find in 'project' dir but found in 'module' dir

			// so we actually have a relative path

			return (relFile);

		}

	}

	return (cwdFile);

}