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# find-parent-dir [](http://travis-ci.org/thlorenz/find-parent-dir)
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Finds the first parent directory that contains a given file or directory.
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npm install find-parent-dir
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```js
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// assuming this is called from a file in a subdirectory of /myprojects/foo which contains .git directory
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var findParentDir = require('find-parent-dir');
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findParentDir(__dirname, '.git', function (err, dir) {
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// has err if some file access error occurred
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console.log(dir); // => /myprojects/foo/
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// if parent dir wasn't found, dir is null
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})
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// Same using `sync` method
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var dir;
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try {
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dir = findParentDir.sync(__dirname, '.git');
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console.log(dir); // => /myprojects/foo/
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// if parent dir wasn't found, dir is null
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} catch(err) {
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console.error('error', err);
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}
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```
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