<p dir="auto">When installing a dependency with <code class="notranslate">npm link</code>, babel register will attempt to compile those modules instead of ignoring them like other modules in <code class="notranslate">node_modules</code>.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Issue originally made by <a class="user-mention notranslate" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/timbur/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/timbur">@timbur</a></p>
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<h3 dir="auto">Bug information</h3>
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<li><strong>Babel version:</strong> 6.3.26</li>
<li><strong>Node version:</strong> 4.2.0</li>
<li><strong>npm version:</strong> 2.14.7</li>
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<h3 dir="auto">Description</h3>
<p dir="auto">Babel attempts to transform symlinks in <code class="notranslate">node_modules</code> which seems to break things.</p>