Cannot include directory of google protobuf files

[netdragonboberb]

On Windows.. If we try to use google's timestamp.proto, we have to copy the google directory from the contents of C:\Users\USER_NAME.nuget\packages\google.protobuf.tools\3.2.0\tools\ into the C:\Path\To\Proto directory containing MyFile.proto
That .proto file has an import like so:
import "google/protobuf/timestamp.proto";

That's a problem b/c although there's a workaround to copy the google directory over we have to tell git to ignore it so it isn't checked in, and protobuf.tools may be updated at a later date, meaning manually updating that directory, just for testing with grpcc.

Here is the command line I tried (and many similar variants):

C:\Path\To\Proto>grpcc --proto ./MyFile.proto --address 127.0.0.1:12345 -i -d "C:\Users\USER_NAME.nuget\packages\google.protobuf.tools\3.2.0\tools"
TypeError: Cannot read property 'ns' of null
at Object.load (C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\grpcc\node_modules\grpc\src\node\index.js:152:28)
at createClient (C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\grpcc\lib\index.js:16:21)
at Object. (C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\grpcc\bin\grpcc.js:30:3)
at Module._compile (module.js:570:32)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:579:10)
at Module.load (module.js:487:32)
at tryModuleLoad (module.js:446:12)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:438:3)
at Module.runMain (module.js:604:10)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:390:7)

As mentioned, simply copying "google" over to C:\Path\To\Proto worked fine.

[njpatel]

--directory should help with this - please reopen the issue if it doesn't - thanks!