Getting Error: spawn ./node_modules/.bin/grunt ENOENT when running grunt - node.js

Question

I have a project that is started in development by
yarn start
It runs a index.js that starts a grunt process and get this error:
$ yarn start
yarn start v0.23.2
$ node ./development
grunt_arguments [ '--force', '--notify', '--verbose', '--debug', '--stack' ]
=======================================
Open http://localhost:8000 to start developing
events.js:141
throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
^
Error: spawn ./node_modules/.bin/grunt ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:907:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:189:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:355:16)
at nextTickCallbackWith2Args (node.js:458:9)
at process._tickCallback (node.js:372:17)
at Function.Module.runMain (module.js:443:11)
at startup (node.js:139:18)
at node.js:990:3
error Command failed with exit code 1.
No idea what can it be. Environment is:
Win10
Running with MINGW64

Answer 1

I usually monkey patch child_process to help me debug that kind of issues. Add something like this in the beginning of your index.js file:
const util = require('util')
const childProcess = require("child_process");
const originalSpawn = childProcess.spawn;
childProcess.spawn = function() {
console.trace('SPAWN');
console.log('ARGS');
console.log(util.inspect(arguments, false, null)); // showHidden = false, depth = null
return originalSpawn.apply(this, arguments);
};
If your run, childProcess.spawn('ls', ['-lh', '/usr']) you will see something like:
Trace: SPAWN
at Object.childProcess.spawn (repl:2:9)
at myFunction (repl:2:14)
at repl:1:1
at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:164:27)
at bound (domain.js:250:14)
at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:263:12)
at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:392:12)
at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
at REPLServer.emit (events.js:169:7)
at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:210:10)
ARGS
{ '0': 'ls', '1': [ '-lh', '/usr' ] }
Maybe after running it you can update your question with the new information.