From 6d1a6e51118d1c4bd45cb21fad337ac2f87c8aa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoffrey Booth <webadmin@geoffreybooth.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2023 20:07:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize

---
 lib/internal/modules/run_main.js | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
index 0a50813499d3c1e..d130522af2d797a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
+++ b/lib/internal/modules/run_main.js
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ const path = require('path');
  * @param {string} main - Entry point path
  */
 function resolveMainPath(main) {
+  if (getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main')) { return; }
+
   const defaultType = getOptionValue('--experimental-default-type');
   /** @type {string} */
   let mainPath;
@@ -25,21 +27,18 @@ function resolveMainPath(main) {
   }
   if (!mainPath) { return; }
 
-  const preserveSymlinksMain = getOptionValue('--preserve-symlinks-main');
-  if (!preserveSymlinksMain) {
-    const { toRealPath } = require('internal/modules/helpers');
-    try {
-      mainPath = toRealPath(mainPath);
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (err.code === 'ENOENT' && defaultType === 'module') {
-        const { decorateErrorWithCommonJSHints } = require('internal/modules/esm/resolve');
-        const { getCWDURL } = require('internal/util');
-        decorateErrorWithCommonJSHints(err, mainPath, getCWDURL());
-      }
-      throw err;
+  // Follow symlinks
+  const { toRealPath } = require('internal/modules/helpers');
+  try {
+    mainPath = toRealPath(mainPath);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (err.code === 'ENOENT' && defaultType === 'module') {
+      const { decorateErrorWithCommonJSHints } = require('internal/modules/esm/resolve');
+      const { getCWDURL } = require('internal/util');
+      decorateErrorWithCommonJSHints(err, mainPath, getCWDURL());
     }
+    throw err;
   }
-
   return mainPath;
 }