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pkg-dir Build Status

Find the root directory of a Node.js project or npm package

Install

$ npm install pkg-dir

Usage

/
└── Users
    └── sindresorhus
        └── foo
            ├── package.json
            └── bar
                ├── baz
                └── example.js

// example.js
const pkgDir = require('pkg-dir');

(async () => {
    const rootDir = await pkgDir(__dirname);

    console.log(rootDir);
    //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/foo'
})();

API

pkgDir(cwd?)

Returns a Promise for either the project root path or undefined if it couldn't be found.

pkgDir.sync(cwd?)

Returns the project root path or undefined if it couldn't be found.

cwd

Type: string Default: process.cwd()

Directory to start from.

  • pkg-dir-cli - CLI for this module
  • pkg-up - Find the closest package.json file
  • find-up - Find a file by walking up parent directories

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