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Get the name of a project, from package.json, git config, or basename of the current working directory.
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# project-name [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/project-name) [](https://npmjs.org/package/project-name) [](https://npmjs.org/package/project-name) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/project-name)
> Get the name of a project, from package.json, git config, or basename of the current working directory.
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## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save project-name
```
## Usage
Requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) >=8.
**Project name**
The project name is resolved in this order:
1. Check for package.json, if it exists `name` is returned
2. Check for git repository, if it exists return the `name` parsed from the remote origin URL
3. Otherwise, use `path.basename(process.cwd())`
```js
const name = require('project-name');
console.log(name());
// or
console.log(name('some/file/path'));
```
## About
<details>
<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Building docs</strong></summary>
_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```
</details>
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* [git-user-name](https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-user-name): Get a user's name from git config at the project or global scope, depending on… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/git-user-name) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/git-user-name "Get a user's name from git config at the project or global scope, depending on what git uses in the current context.")
* [git-username](https://www.npmjs.com/package/git-username): Get the username (or 'owner' name) from a git/GitHub remote origin URL. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/git-username "Get the username (or 'owner' name) from a git/GitHub remote origin URL.")
### Author
**Jon Schlinkert**
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### License
Copyright © 2018, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
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