Set Firebase init Directory for cloud functions

Question

I'm trying to set up Firebase cloud functions, but when I input firebase init into terminal, it says:

You're about to initialize a Firebase project in this directory: /Users/username`.

How do I save the folder in my projects directory? I tried...

cd ~/Desktop/MyProject/
firebase init

But it didn't work. And Firebase documentation isn't very clear about this. All they say is this...

To initialize your project:

Run firebase login to log in via the browser and authenticate the firebase tool.

Go to your Firebase project directory.

Run firebase init functions.

Any ideas? I feel like I'm missing something simple. Thanks.

Please be more specific about what exactly didn't work. Was there an error message? What actually happened? — Doug Stevenson
@DougStevenson I think I saw the same question earlier today. The problem is in the directory, which is /Users/username in the feedback from the Firebase CLI while OP has cd'd into the project directory. — Frank van Puffelen
@nachshon: When I saw the same question earlier there was a comment thread where somebody was trying to help. Did you recreate the question? Or was the comment thread deleted? — Frank van Puffelen

Ernie Ernie · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-30T17:17:27

I had the same problem. All you have to do is:

1) locate the firebase.json file in your /Users/username directory
2) delete that firebase.json file
3) Now run the firebase init command in your new project directory

This worked for me. Hope this helps.

Set Firebase init Directory for cloud functions

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