// try to find the most reasonable prefix to use module.exports = findPrefix var fs = require("graceful-fs") , path = require("path") , npm = require("../npm.js") function findPrefix (p, cb_) { function cb (er, p) { process.nextTick(function () { cb_(er, p) }) } p = path.resolve(p) if (npm.config.get("global")) return cb(null, p) // if there's no node_modules folder, then // walk up until we hopefully find one. // if none anywhere, then use cwd. var walkedUp = false while (path.basename(p) === "node_modules") { p = path.dirname(p) walkedUp = true } if (walkedUp) return cb(null, p) findPrefix_(p, p, cb) } function findPrefix_ (p, original, cb) { if (p === "/" || (process.platform === "win32" && p.match(/^[a-zA-Z]:(\\|\/)?$/))) { return cb(null, original) } fs.readdir(p, function (er, files) { // an error right away is a bad sign. if (er && p === original) return cb(er) // walked up too high or something. if (er) return cb(null, original) if (files.indexOf("node_modules") !== -1 || files.indexOf("package.json") !== -1) { return cb(null, p) } var d = path.dirname(p) if (d === p) return cb(null, original) return findPrefix_(d, original, cb) }) }