thelounge/client/views/index.js

"use strict";

// This creates a version of `require()` in the context of the current
// directory, so we iterate over its content, which is a map statically built by
// Webpack.
// Second argument says it's recursive, third makes sure we only load templates.
const requireViews = require.context(".", true, /\.tpl$/);

module.exports = requireViews.keys().reduce((acc, path) => {
	// We are going to create nested properties on the accumulator object.
	let tmp = acc;

	// Split path by folders, and create a new property if necessary/
	// First 2 characters are "./"/
	// Last element in the array ends with `.tpl` and needs to be `require`d.
	path.substr(2)
		.split("/")
		.forEach((key) => {
			if (key.endsWith(".tpl")) {
				//
				tmp[key.substr(0, key.length - 4)] = requireViews(path);
			} else {
				tmp[key] = tmp[key] || {};
			}

			tmp = tmp[key];
		});

	return acc;
}, {});