enable use with webpack by removing unnecessary fs call

[1R053]

to fix #130 this pull request takes the code from an old but forgotten branch d501e7b

[AdrieanKhisbe]

sounds legit

[smartin015]

Could this get checked in please? I'm running into the same bug.

[brandones]

When's the next release planned for? I need this.

[mhamann]

This is already released in v0.8.5

[dkent600]

I'm using v0.10.0 and the problem still exists.

"TypeError: existsSync is not a function"

[mhamann]

I think this is occurring due to some dependencies required by yargs. In v1.0, we'll upgrade to the latest version, which may help.

[catamphetamine]

I think this is occurring due to some dependencies required by yargs. In v1.0, we'll upgrade to the latest version, which may help.

This does look like an issue in yargs

Can't import the named export 'dirname' from non EcmaScript module (only default export is available)
...
 @ c:/dev/JITU/node_modules/yargs/build/index.cjs
 @ c:/dev/JITU/node_modules/yargs/index.cjs
 @ c:/dev/JITU/node_modules/nconf/lib/nconf/stores/argv.js
 @ c:/dev/JITU/node_modules/nconf/lib/nconf/stores sync ^\.\/.*$
 @ c:/dev/JITU/node_modules/nconf/lib/nconf.js
 @ c:/dev/JITU/node_modules/node-zendesk/lib/client.js
 @ c:/dev/JITU/lib/zendesk.js

Update: Updated Webpack from 4 to 5 and the error disappeared.