[clux]

Is there really any benefit to this over explicit child process calls? I realize the syntax is shorter, but now you're hiding the fact that you are shelling out.

Overloading require for this purpose is a guaranteed way to break static analysers and module bundlers.

[drkraken]

If I understand you right, child process is made by utility that check your local version and laters to notify your for updates. It should only be called once an hour