added unit testing, and started implementing unit tests...phew

node_modules/resolve-dir/LICENSE

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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2015-2016, Jon Schlinkert
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.

node_modules/resolve-dir/README.md

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+# resolve-dir [![NPM version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/resolve-dir.svg?style=flat)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/resolve-dir) [![NPM downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/resolve-dir.svg?style=flat)](https://npmjs.org/package/resolve-dir) [![Linux Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir.svg?style=flat&label=Travis)](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir)
+
+> Resolve a directory that is either local, global or in the user's home directory.
+
+## Install
+
+Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
+
+```sh
+$ npm install --save resolve-dir
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```js
+var resolve = require('resolve-dir');
+```
+
+Returns a local directory path unchanged
+
+```js
+resolve('a')
+//=> 'a'
+```
+
+Resolves the path to user home
+
+```js
+resolve('~')
+//=> '/Users/jonschlinkert'
+resolve('~/foo')
+//=> '/Users/jonschlinkert/foo'
+```
+
+Resolves the path to global npm modules
+
+```js
+resolve('@')
+//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules'
+resolve('@/foo')
+//=> '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/foo'
+```
+
+## About
+
+### Related projects
+
+* [expand-tilde](https://www.npmjs.com/package/expand-tilde): Bash-like tilde expansion for node.js. Expands a leading tilde in a file path to the… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-tilde) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/expand-tilde "Bash-like tilde expansion for node.js. Expands a leading tilde in a file path to the user home directory, or `~+` to the cwd.")
+* [findup-sync](https://www.npmjs.com/package/findup-sync): Find the first file matching a given pattern in the current directory or the nearest… [more](https://github.com/cowboy/node-findup-sync) | [homepage](https://github.com/cowboy/node-findup-sync "Find the first file matching a given pattern in the current directory or the nearest ancestor directory.")
+* [resolve-modules](https://www.npmjs.com/package/resolve-modules): Resolves local and global npm modules that match specified patterns, and returns a configuration object… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-modules) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-modules "Resolves local and global npm modules that match specified patterns, and returns a configuration object for each resolved module.")
+
+### Contributing
+
+Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
+
+### Building docs
+
+_(This document was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme) (a [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb) generator), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in [.verb.md](.verb.md).)_
+
+To generate the readme and API documentation with [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb):
+
+```sh
+$ npm install -g verb verb-generate-readme && verb
+```
+
+### Running tests
+
+Install dev dependencies:
+
+```sh
+$ npm install -d && npm test
+```
+
+### Author
+
+**Jon Schlinkert**
+
+* [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
+* [twitter/jonschlinkert](http://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
+
+### License
+
+Copyright © 2016, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
+Released under the [MIT license](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir/blob/master/LICENSE).
+
+***
+
+_This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.2.0, on October 18, 2016._

node_modules/resolve-dir/index.js

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+/*!
+ * resolve-dir <https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Jon Schlinkert.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var path = require('path');
+var expand = require('expand-tilde');
+var gm = require('global-modules');
+
+module.exports = function resolveDir(dir) {
+  if (dir.charAt(0) === '~') {
+    dir = expand(dir);
+  }
+  if (dir.charAt(0) === '@') {
+    dir = path.join(gm, dir.slice(1));
+  }
+  return dir;
+};

node_modules/resolve-dir/package.json

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+  "_from": "resolve-dir@^1.0.1",
+  "_id": "resolve-dir@1.0.1",
+  "_inBundle": false,
+  "_integrity": "sha1-eaQGRMNivoLybv/nOcm7U4IEb0M=",
+  "_location": "/resolve-dir",
+  "_phantomChildren": {},
+  "_requested": {
+    "type": "range",
+    "registry": true,
+    "raw": "resolve-dir@^1.0.1",
+    "name": "resolve-dir",
+    "escapedName": "resolve-dir",
+    "rawSpec": "^1.0.1",
+    "saveSpec": null,
+    "fetchSpec": "^1.0.1"
+  },
+  "_requiredBy": [
+    "/findup-sync",
+    "/global-modules"
+  ],
+  "_resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-dir/-/resolve-dir-1.0.1.tgz",
+  "_shasum": "79a40644c362be82f26effe739c9bb5382046f43",
+  "_spec": "resolve-dir@^1.0.1",
+  "_where": "/Users/josh.burman/Projects/braid/node_modules/findup-sync",
+  "author": {
+    "name": "Jon Schlinkert",
+    "url": "https://github.com/jonschlinkert"
+  },
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir/issues"
+  },
+  "bundleDependencies": false,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "expand-tilde": "^2.0.0",
+    "global-modules": "^1.0.0"
+  },
+  "deprecated": false,
+  "description": "Resolve a directory that is either local, global or in the user's home directory.",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "gulp-format-md": "^1.0.0",
+    "homedir-polyfill": "^1.0.1",
+    "mocha": "^3.5.0"
+  },
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">=0.10.0"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js"
+  ],
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir",
+  "keywords": [
+    "dir",
+    "directory",
+    "expansion",
+    "file",
+    "filepath",
+    "fp",
+    "global",
+    "home",
+    "modules",
+    "npm",
+    "path",
+    "resolve",
+    "tilde",
+    "user",
+    "user-home",
+    "userhome"
+  ],
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "name": "resolve-dir",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/jonschlinkert/resolve-dir.git"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "mocha"
+  },
+  "verb": {
+    "toc": false,
+    "layout": "default",
+    "tasks": [
+      "readme"
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+      "gulp-format-md"
+    ],
+    "related": {
+      "list": [
+        "expand-tilde",
+        "findup-sync",
+        "resolve-modules"
+      ]
+    },
+    "reflinks": [
+      "verb",
+      "verb-generate-readme"
+    ],
+    "lint": {
+      "reflinks": true
+    }
+  },
+  "version": "1.0.1"
+}