From 531be77138aab9e7d06873d8051236e154050ebf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jesse Clark <jjclark1982@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 22:26:20 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Publish a Node.js require() handler for handlebars files

---
 lib/handlebars.js | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/handlebars.js b/lib/handlebars.js
index 7d85c2610..7767b7a83 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars.js
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ Handlebars.create = create;
 
 module.exports = Handlebars; // instantiate an instance
 
+// Publish a Node.js require() handler for handlebars files
+if ((typeof(require) !== "undefined") && require.extensions) {
+    var extension = function(module, filename) {
+        var fs = require("fs");
+        var templateString = fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
+        module.exports = Handlebars.compile(templateString);
+    };
+    require.extensions[".handlebars"] = extension;
+    require.extensions[".hbs"] = extension;
+}
+
 // BEGIN(BROWSER)
 
 // END(BROWSER)