find-project-root v1.1.1

find-project-root

Finds the project root by custom markers

Getting started

1. As a binary

     $ npm install find-project-root -g
     $ pwd
       /Users/kirstein/workspace/github/kirstein/find-project-root/test
     $ find-project-root
       /Users/kirstein/workspace/github/kirstein/find-project-root

2. As a node module

     $ npm install find-project-root
     var findProjectRoot = require('find-project-root');
     // magic

What?

Traverses top-down of the project tree starting from a specific path and searches for known markers that indicate project starting point.

Markers:

• .hg
• .git

API

findProjectRoot(path, {options});

options:

• maxDepth - int - total number of levels the algorithm can traverse
  default: 9

• markers - 'str' - markers that it will search for
  default: '.hg', '.git'

Example:

  var findProjectRoot = require('find-project-root');
  var root = findProjectRoot(process.cwd(), {
    maxDepth: 12
  });