Proposal: Stop ng new going up one directory in search for package.json

[gotofritz]

Hi. I have also got bitten by #1079 (summary: if you do ng new xxx in an empty folder, and the parent folder has a package.json, the new project will be created in the parent folder).

I fail to see a realistic user case where one may need that. It causes only confusion (if you look at the original bug it has already 5 duplicates, showing that it is a common enough problem). And as far as I can see, new doesn't actually fetch any information from the package.json, so I'm at a loss to explain why it is actually looking for it. I think it all stems from the packageJson var in ng,

angular-cli/packages/angular-cli/bin/ng

Line 8 in 224250c

const packageJson = require('../package.json');

but I think ng new should disregard it since not relevant in that case.

[SanderElias]

I agree that looking for a package.json does not make sense for ng new. If you have a package.json somewhere up the tree, that does not mean you intend to create the new project there. Usually, you intend to create a new project right where you are.

[filipesilva]

Fixed by #4901

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