Fix #509. Don't read defaults from non-package folders.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils/read-json.js b/lib/utils/read-json.js
index 5cb7a2b2b..c83465b3d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/read-json.js
+++ b/lib/utils/read-json.js
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ function readJson (jsonFile, opts, cb) {
     else opts.wscript = data.toString().match(/(^|\n)def build\b/)
                       && data.toString().match(/(^|\n)def configure\b/)
     fs.readFile(jsonFile, processJson(opts, function (er, data) {
+      if (er) return cb(er)
+      var doLoad = !(jsonFile.indexOf(npm.cache) === 0 &&
+                     path.basename(path.dirname(jsonFile)) !== "package")
+      if (!doLoad) return cb(er, data)
       loadPackageDefaults(data, path.dirname(jsonFile), cb)
     }))
   })