DEPRECATED: please use package.root

package.root.finder

Enables to find the first package in the path hierarchy. It checks recursively for a package.json beginning in the first directory of its path.

Bower information are completed with the directory property normaly stored in the .bowerrc file.

Take a look to the TODO if you want to help towards the next steps.

Installation

Node Dependency

Execute following line

npm install package.root.finder@0.1.x --save

Require module

var root = require('package.root.finder');

Usage

Returns an Object with following properties:

• name: the name of the parent module
• directory: the directory of the parent module
• package: the parent module's package.json content
• bower: the parent module's bower.json content or false if no bower is used. Also holds the directory property.
• path: absolut path to the parent module directory

Access the values with the point notation:

var root = require('package.root.finder');

// get parent module's name
root.name
// or
root.package.name

// get root path
root.path

// get bower directory
root.bower.directory

Methods:

• require: the same as node's native require method, but loads the wanted package from the root package dependencies. Awaits a String as argument: 'mypackage' or '../root/folder/somefile', '../package.json'