Find the root directory of a Node.js project or npm package
$ npm install pkg-dir
/
└── 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'
})();Returns a Promise for either the project root path or undefined if it couldn't be found.
Returns the project root path or undefined if it couldn't be found.
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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