Not working with Babel 6

[voodooattack]

I get the following error when I try to require('graphql') in a project that uses babel-core 6.x:

    /home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/logger.js:43
        throw new Constructor(this._buildMessage(msg));
        ^

    ReferenceError: [BABEL] /home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/graphql/validation/rules/OverlappingFieldsCanBeMerged.js: Unknown option: /home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/graphql/package.json.optional
        at Logger.error (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/logger.js:43:11)
        at OptionManager.mergeOptions (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:250:18)
        at OptionManager.addConfig (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:209:10)
        at OptionManager.findConfigs (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:358:30)
        at OptionManager.init (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:396:12)
        at File.initOptions (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:191:75)
        at new File (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/index.js:122:22)
        at Pipeline.transform (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/pipeline.js:42:16)
        at Object.transformFileSync (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-core/lib/api/node.js:118:10)
        at compile (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:103:20)
        at loader (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:128:14)
        at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:138:7)
        at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
        at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
        at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
        at require (module.js:385:17)
        at Object.<anonymous> (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/graphql/validation/specifiedRules.js:102:42)
        at Module._compile (module.js:425:26)
        at Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10)
        at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:136:7)
        at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
        at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
        at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
        at require (module.js:385:17)
        at Object.<anonymous> (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/graphql/validation/validate.js:43:23)
        at Module._compile (module.js:425:26)
        at Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10)
        at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:136:7)
        at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
        at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
        at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
        at require (module.js:385:17)
        at Object.<anonymous> (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/graphql/graphql.js:55:27)
        at Module._compile (module.js:425:26)
        at Module._extensions..js (module.js:432:10)
        at Object.require.extensions.(anonymous function) [as .js] (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/babel-register/lib/node.js:136:7)
        at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
        at Function.Module._load (module.js:311:12)
        at Module.require (module.js:366:17)
        at require (module.js:385:17)
        at Object.<anonymous> (/home/voodooattack/dev/feenda/node_modules/graphql/index.js:17:16)

[voodooattack]

It appears to work when I comment the following:

require('babel-core/register')({
//  only: /app/,
//  ignore: /^(node_modules|bower_components)$/,
  presets: ['es2015', 'stage-1', 'react']
});

[dizlexik]

The real problem is the presence of babel.optional in the package.json. I'm not sure what the recommended approach is for dealing with this but for now I've removed the entire babel block from graphql's package.json and it's working for me.

[leebyron]

Thanks for the report. Babel 6 changed how it interprets the package.json files found within node modules breaking how graphql and some of our other open source packages work. We plan to upgrade to Babel 6 soon which should fix the issue, in the meantime feel free to apply that hack which seems fine to me.