From aa32239aed86fc5c65f02823d7bb5cb52f647bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Grey Baker <greysteil@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 23:52:59 +0000
Subject: doc: update package.json docs to include repository.directory details
 (#140)

PR-URL: https://github.com/npm/cli/pull/140

Credit: @greysteil
Reviewed-By: @aeschright
---
 doc/files/package.json.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc')

diff --git a/doc/files/package.json.md b/doc/files/package.json.md
index dd6492af0..95e77d34c 100644
--- a/doc/files/package.json.md
+++ b/doc/files/package.json.md
@@ -393,6 +393,15 @@ shortcut syntax you use for `npm install`:
 
     "repository": "gitlab:user/repo"
 
+If the `package.json` for your package is not in the root directory (for example
+if it is part of a monorepo), you can specify the directory in which it lives:
+
+    "repository": {
+      "type" : "git",
+      "url" : "https://github.com/facebook/react.git",
+      "directory": "packages/react-dom"
+    }
+
 ## scripts
 
 The "scripts" property is a dictionary containing script commands that are run
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