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Node.js v20.17.0 has been released.

module: support require()ing synchronous ESM graphs

This release adds require() support for synchronous ESM graphs under
the flag --experimental-require-module.

If --experimental-require-module is enabled, and the ECMAScript
module being loaded by require() meets the following requirements:

• Explicitly marked as an ES module with a “type”: “module” field in the closest package.json or a .mjs extension.
• Fully synchronous (contains no top-level await).

require() will load the requested module as an ES Module, and return
the module name space object. In this case it is similar to dynamic
import() but is run synchronously and returns the name space object
directly.

Contributed by Joyee Cheung in #51977

path: add matchesGlob method

Glob patterns can now be tested against individual paths via the path.matchesGlob(path, pattern) method.

Contributed by Aviv Keller in [#52881](https://github…

Link: Release 2024-08-21, Version 20.17.0 'Iron' (LTS), @marco-ippolito · nodejs/node · GitHub