It's a relatively minor nitpick, but since version 3, npm flattens the package tree as much as it can and tries to bring everything possible to the top level no

It's a relatively minor nitpick, but since version 3, npm flattens the package tree as much as it can and tries to bring everything possible to the top level node_modules directory. It'll still use nested node_modules where necessary to handle dependency version conflicts. A bit more info here: http://npm.github.io/how-npm-works-docs/npm3/how-npm3-works.html http://npm.github.io/how-npm-works-docs/npm3/how-npm3-works....