How to change Firebase project directory

Question

I have installed Firebase hosting project into my machine by referring following docs:

https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/

Now, I want to change the location of my project directory. Wha should I do for this?

Till now I have tried by relogin and re-initialize the project but it does not give option to specify directory again.

Could you mark my answer as the correct one? – Moddaman Dec 17 '19 at 09:40 — Moddaman, Dec 17 '19 at 09:40

score 43 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 09 '21 at 07:24

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Go to the file called firebase.json located in the root of the project and change the field called public in hosting to the directory you want.

{ 
"database": {
    "rules": "database.rules.json"
  },
  "hosting": {
    "public": "public", <------ This points to directory
    "ignore": [
      "firebase.json",
      "**/.*",
      "**/node_modules/**"
    ],
    "rewrites": [
      {
        "source": "**",
        "destination": "/index.html"
      }
    ]
  }
}

EDIT

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edited Aug 09 '21 at 07:24

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answered Aug 30 '17 at 17:44

Moddaman

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Can you please share a link to the `firebase.json` docs? – Jeremy Tenjo Jul 27 '20 at 12:51

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered May 23 '18 at 15:22

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In your npm command go to the directory that the folder is in and type firebase init Easiest way is to open Node.js and type cd "your_directory" without the q

answered May 23 '18 at 15:22

Mike Stratmann

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 16 '16 at 16:24

Try these steps

1- create a new directory/folder somewhere on your computer 2- open your command line terminal e.g git/cmd from the created directory by doing the following a) for git: right click on directory and choose git b) for windows cmd: shift + right on created directory and choose cmd 3- type the command firebase init

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 23 '22 at 22:01

Not sure if this is the best way, but none of the other solutions worked for me. I ended up copying the firebase.json file to the new folder I created. I opened the file and updated the public setting to the correct public folder (might be the same, but if you have a React app, you'll want "build" folder).

Then I did firebase init in the new folder through the CLI. This set the correct project folder.

score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 07 '22 at 10:24

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For the Firebase CLI use :

cd.. - Go back to previous directory

cd <dir_name> - To move to <dir_name> folder in current directory

answered Dec 07 '22 at 10:24

JoelSebstn

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