From 59b5035851203ba8f3697f44c23affcd66e591a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: valadaptive <valadaptive@protonmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:50:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Seek ENOENTness rather than asking existsSync

---
 lib/files.js | 12 ++++++++----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/files.js b/lib/files.js
index a14a03ff..b9405f46 100644
--- a/lib/files.js
+++ b/lib/files.js
@@ -60,11 +60,15 @@ function createSyncImportHook() {
 function tryReadFileSync(str) {
   if (
     typeof str == 'string' &&
-    str.indexOf(path.sep) !== -1 &&
-    fs.existsSync(str)
+    str.indexOf(path.sep) !== -1
   ) {
-    // Try interpreting `str` as path to a file.
-    return fs.readFileSync(str, {encoding: 'utf8'});
+    try {
+      // Try interpreting `str` as path to a file.
+      return fs.readFileSync(str, {encoding: 'utf8'});
+    } catch (err) {
+      // If the file doesn't exist, return `null`. Rethrow all other errors.
+      if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') throw err;
+    }
   }
   return null;
 }