recursively find the closest package.json

Say you want to check if the directory name of a project matches its module name in package.json:

var path = require('path')
var findRoot = require('find-root')

// from a starting directory, recursively search for the nearest
// directory containing package.json
var root = findRoot('/Users/jden/dev/find-root/tests')
// => '/Users/jden/dev/find-root'

var dirname = path.basename(root)
console.log('is it the same?')
console.log(dirname === require(path.join(root, 'package.json')).name)

Returns the path for the nearest directory to startingPath containing a package.json file, eg /foo/module.

Throws an error if no package.json is found at any level in the startingPath.

If packageName is passed, it will only return if the name property in the package.json file is matched. Otherwise it continues up the file tree.

$ npm install find-root

From package root:

$ npm install
$ npm test

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