CLI inline presets not working?

[patrickfabrizius]

I was setting up ES2015 transpilation for a new project with regards of the changes since Babel 6. Following the instructions on https://github.com/babel/babelify gives me no errors but my bundle is not transpiled:

$ browserify script.js -o bundle.js -t [ babelify --presets [ es2015 ] ]

However, configuring a preset in package.json (or .babelrc) like so:

 "babel": {
    "presets": ["es2015"]
  }

And then just running:
$ browserify index.js -o bundle.js -t babelify

Gives me a transpiled bundle.

Environment:
OSX 10.11.6
NPM 4.0.3
Browserify 13.1.1
Babelify 7.3.0

[stevage]

For me, running the command above causes this error:

path.js:7
    throw new TypeError('Path must be a string. Received ' + inspect(path));
    ^

TypeError: Path must be a string. Received undefined
...

Googling that suggests that babel-core needs to be updated. Your suggestion gave me a useful workaround, thanks!

[patrickfabrizius]

Glad I could help(?) :)
I have babel-core 6.18.2 myself which is higher than suggested in the link so I don't think our problems are related. To bad no-one else here cares :)

[jonahx]

@patrickfabrizius Thanks for posting this. You saved me. I am pretty confused how such a core bug, if that's what this is, is still open.

[loganfsmyth]

I'm triaging old issues on babelify. Since this has been inactive for ages, I'm going to close it. Feel free to re-open if there's still something to discuss, but I'm assuming at this point it's been too long to address in a useful way.