From 487067fb4802cb4bc0da1fcd154b0a89f4a0ef3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Oli Juhl <59018053+olivermrbl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2024 10:13:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(medusa): Resolve babel executable with `npx` (#5952)

---
 .changeset/lovely-otters-draw.md        |  5 +++++
 packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js | 11 ++---------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/lovely-otters-draw.md

diff --git a/.changeset/lovely-otters-draw.md b/.changeset/lovely-otters-draw.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5787d8d4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lovely-otters-draw.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/medusa": patch
+---
+
+feat(medusa): Resolve babel executable with npx 
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js b/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js
index 48d8a15f86..cbf30b19c7 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/commands/develop.js
@@ -43,14 +43,7 @@ export default async function ({ port, directory }) {
     process.exit(0)
   })
 
-  const babelPath = path.resolve(
-    require.resolve("@babel/cli"),
-    "../",
-    "bin",
-    "babel.js"
-  )
-
-  execSync(`"${babelPath}" src -d dist --ignore "src/admin/**"`, {
+  execSync(`npx --no-install babel src -d dist --ignore "src/admin/**"`, {
     cwd: directory,
     stdio: ["ignore", process.stdout, process.stderr],
   })
@@ -112,7 +105,7 @@ export default async function ({ port, directory }) {
       child.kill("SIGINT")
 
       execSync(
-        `${babelPath} src -d dist --extensions ".ts,.js" --ignore "src/admin/**"`,
+        `npx --no-install babel src -d dist --extensions ".ts,.js" --ignore "src/admin/**"`,
         {
           cwd: directory,
           stdio: ["pipe", process.stdout, process.stderr],