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Expand Up @@ -92,9 +92,8 @@ By default, Node.js will treat the following as CommonJS modules:

* Files with an extension that is not `.mjs`, `.cjs`, `.json`, `.node`, or `.js`
(when the nearest parent `package.json` file contains a top-level field
[`"type"`][] with a value of `"module"`, those files will be recognized as
CommonJS modules only if they are being included via `require()`, not when
used as the command-line entry point of the program).
[`"type"`][] with a value of `"module"`, those files will not be recognized as
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I think we can just removed this entire point, because the opening paragraph says:

Node.js will treat the following as CommonJS modules

Instead, just add a new paragraph noting that files with extensions outside that set/files without extensions would be treated based on the type field in the package.json

CommonJS modules).

See [Determining module system][] for more details.

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