bin path in directory without package.json but with node_modules/

[kaleb]

If I am in a directory with a node_modules directory and no package.json, npx does not find the appropriate binary in my opinion.

Example:

$ mkdir -p /tmp/test
$ cd /tmp/test/
$ npm install -D typescript
npm WARN saveError ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/tmp/test/package.json'
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/tmp/test/package.json'
npm WARN test No description
npm WARN test No repository field.
npm WARN test No README data
npm WARN test No license field.

+ typescript@2.4.2
added 1 package in 1.757s
$ ./node_modules/.bin/tsc --version
Version 2.4.2
$ npx tsc --version
npx: installed 1 in 1.856s
message TS6029: Version 1.5.3
$ # EXPECTED: Version 2.4.2, but a different package from npm altogether was used.
$ npx -p typescript tsc --version
npx: installed 1 in 1.789s
Version 2.4.2
$ 

Changing the definition of path to allow directories that contain a node_modules directory without a package.json file would be useful because sometimes if a developer wanted to quickly test something without running npm init. Also, this would be similar to how node itself does package lookups.