angular-cli/packages/angular/cli/utilities/find-up.ts

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
 * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
 */

import { existsSync } from 'fs';
import * as path from 'path';

export function findUp(names: string | string[], from: string) {
  if (!Array.isArray(names)) {
    names = [names];
  }
  const root = path.parse(from).root;

  let currentDir = from;
  while (currentDir && currentDir !== root) {
    for (const name of names) {
      const p = path.join(currentDir, name);
      if (existsSync(p)) {
        return p;
      }
    }

    currentDir = path.dirname(currentDir);
  }

  return null;
}