How to set the root-dir option?

[UdoW]

I try to start the browser example in another root dir.

I saw the "missing" option --root-dir an tried to set a new one with:

yarn run start -- --root-dir="absolute path"

But it does not recognize my option. How do I add the option --root-dir to the yarn call?

[akosyakov]

In order to change a script you should copy it from package.json to theia.package.json, add --root-dir and regenerate package.json with yo to apply changes.

Could you also try yarn run start:backend -- --root-dir=mydir?

[kittaakos]

Thanks for asking @UdoW, it seems to be broken.

When I start the application with yarn run start -- --root-dir=/Users/something, then the arg variable in the default-workspace-server is undefined so it falls back to the cwd.

If I log the process.argv to the console I can see the following:

[ '/Users/akos.kitta/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.3/bin/node', '/Users/akos.kitta/git/theia/examples/browser/src-gen/backend/main.js' ]

None of them is my path for sure. I think it is not even passed into the node process.

[akosyakov]

It would be possible to pass args with #527, e.g.: npx theia browser --root-dir=/Users/something

[akosyakov]

Fixed with #527