Run an npm script from the package root regardless of the current directory (INIT_CWD)
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Note that scripts always execute from the package root folder, even when you invoke npm run from a subdirectory.
To operate relative to where the user actually ran the command, read the INIT_CWD environment variable, which holds the full path of the original invocation directory.
Use INIT_CWD in scripts that must cd back to a nested folder the user started from.
Official docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-run-script / https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/using-npm/scripts
Known gotchas
A cd inside one script line does not persist to the next script or back to your shell.
Relying on process.cwd() inside scripts gives the package root, not your terminal directory; use INIT_CWD for the latter.
This behavior surprises scripts that assume the invocation directory.
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