[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/residence) # Residence Allows you find a root of a project given current working directory (```process.cwd()```) ### Examples > Looking for the NPM project root, by looking for package.json ```js import * as residence from 'residence'; const rootPath = residence.findProjectRoot(process.cwd()); // root is either null or a project root path, found by looking for the first package.json file ``` > Looking for a project root, by looking for another file ```js import * as residence from 'residence'; const rootPath = residence.findRootDir(process.cwd(), '.nlu.json'); // walks up the fs towards '/' and returns the path when it finds the first .nlu.json file // returns null otherwise. ```