run bower install for target bower.json file

Question

Assume that my working directory is c:\foo\ during the script execution. I would like run bower from there for c:\foo\bar\bower.json file. This is available on npm by running npm install --prefix c:\foo\bar.

Is there any equivalent command in bower?

Does that actually work in `npm`? I thought `--prefix` was for the target, not the manifest. — Evan Davis, Oct 08 '14 at 17:49
@Mathletics yes, right. It's the directory. not the package.json file. updated the question. — tugberk, Oct 08 '14 at 18:45
where do you want the packages installed? `\foo\bower_components` or `\foo\bar\bower_components`? — Evan Davis, Oct 08 '14 at 19:14

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 08 '14 at 20:32

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Add a .bowerrc file to c:\foo\ with the following contents:

{
   "cwd": "bar
}

this will set the working directory for Bower to c:\foo\bar\.

answered Oct 08 '14 at 20:32

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