can you define working directory for bower?

Question

can you define the working directory for bower? or tell it where I want the install to run at? ie: like the composer working directory flag?

--working-dir (-d) If specified, use the given directory as working directory.

Is the `directory` config not what you are looking for, or are you wanting a global configuration? — Kelly J Andrews, Feb 01 '14 at 04:20
The directory config is not what I want - I'm looking for something to assist in automated deployment script. but I need to define where bower should be run from. the --config.cwd flag seems to work, and will create a bower_components directory w/ the required files - but ignores the 'directory' config in my .bowerrc file in that directory? — veilig, Feb 01 '14 at 20:07

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 02 '15 at 14:10

3

bower install jquery --config.cwd=~/my-sub-project

~~It seems to be an option in bower canary but not currently supported in stable bower yet according to bower contributor [stazor][1]~~

With bower-canary you have the ability to specify --config.cwd and --config.directory.

When released it will work like this

bower install jquery --config.cwd=client

edited Dec 02 '15 at 14:10

answered Jan 05 '15 at 09:54

actual_kangaroo

It is available in current bower versions. – Amir Ali Akbari May 23 '15 at 15:59
The location for the documentation for `cwd` changed: https://github.com/bower/spec/blob/master/config.md#cwd – Cristian Diaconescu Dec 02 '15 at 13:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 18 '16 at 01:08

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Working directory for bower is in file

.bowerrc

in the following format

{
  "directory": "resources/assets/bower"
}

answered Feb 18 '16 at 01:08

score -3 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 01 '14 at 14:19

-3

Bower uses the current working directory. Just cd into the directory you want. No need for an option.

answered Feb 01 '14 at 14:19

Sindre Sorhus

so what if I'm issuing a remote command and need to define where bower should run at? – veilig Feb 01 '14 at 20:08
Cd mydir && Bower install – Kelly J Andrews Feb 01 '14 at 20:13
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that doesn't appear to be an option for me. I'm having problems issues consecutive calls, otherwise I would have already done that. http://phpseclib.sourceforge.net/ssh/examples.html#chdir – veilig Feb 01 '14 at 20:27
That's a problem with the lib you're using, not Bower. Bower does like every CLI tool and uses `$PWD`. – Sindre Sorhus Feb 01 '14 at 23:26
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It appears as if that is the intent of the library. I also highly doubt it uses `$PWD`, more likely some degree of `getcwd` from `libc` which is what most command line tools use. It isn't uncommon for a tool to accept a directory to switch to as a convenience alternative to wrapping commands in `pushd` and `popd` statements – Steve Buzonas Feb 06 '15 at 15:57

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