Don't use `process.chdir()`
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Description
Since Grunt can also be used via its API, I would suggest avoiding `process.chdir`.
One problem is if Grunt is used inside an [Express](http://expressjs.com) app as views expects `process.cwd` to be the root of the app folder.
Another problem is if I want to run several Grunt files in parallel. Spawning is expensive.
With [Bower](http://bower.io) it is possible to set the working dir with `bower.config.cwd = 'otherfolder'`. Something like that would be great with Grunt.
I'm using the Grunt API as I'm building a service that runs a repositorys Bower, Grunt etc when changes have been made in the master branch.
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Research direction
Start by tracing Grunt's API entry points and locating where process.chdir() is used. Define how an API-configurable working directory should behave for Express integration and parallel Grunt files; done means callers can set that directory without changing the host process's global working directory.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100