This plugin isn't needed with Component 0.17+. Use the templates section of your component.json file and you can automatically require the files.

component-string

Component plugin to allow you require files as strings.

Installation

npm install component-string

Usage

component build --use component-string

Add a strings section to your component.json

{
  "name": "foo",
  "scripts": ["index.js"],
  "strings": ["template.html"]
}

Now in your index.js file you can require it:

var template = require('./template.html');