From d4f8dd66089d56cafb112cd7dcbdf288810e0d0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael Bradley, Jr" <michaelsbradleyjr@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 18:02:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] rev comment re: NODE_PATH

---
 cmd/cmd.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/cmd.js b/cmd/cmd.js
index 57b68e7c..798886fa 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.js
+++ b/cmd/cmd.js
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ if (!process.env.EMBARK_PATH) {
   process.env.EMBARK_PATH = utils.joinPath(__dirname, '..');
 }
 
-// enable lookup of embark's own node_modules from within dapp scripts
+// enable lookup of *global* embark's own node_modules from within dapp scripts
+// this makes embark's dependencies trasitive dependencies of a dapp without the
+// dapp explicitly specifying embark as a dependency in the dapp's package.json
 process.env.NODE_PATH = utils.joinPath(process.env.EMBARK_PATH, 'node_modules')
   + (process.platform === 'win32' ? ';' : ':')
   + (process.env.NODE_PATH || '');