Another way to use absolute paths in js 'require'

consider following files structure:

...
▾ helpers/
    timeHelper.js
    timeHelper.test.js
▾ services/
    handleSlackCommand.js
    handleSlackCommand.test.js
  index.js
  package.json
  ...

in the package.json add:

{
  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "dotenv": "^6.2.0",
    "express": "^4.16.4",
    ...
    "helpers": "file:helpers", <-- this line
  },
}

now in the services/handleSlackCommand.js I can use

const { whatever } = require('helpers/timeHelper');

instead of

const { whatever } = require('../helpers/timeHelper');

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