cannot change bower components folder

Question

I'm trying to override bower's component folder following the answers in this question: How to change bower's default components folder?

this is my bower.json file (with all the things I've tried)

{
  "name": "sample-app",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "directory": "public/libs/",
  "componentsDirectory": "public/libs/",
  "dependencies": {
    "jquery": "latest"
  }
}

and this is my .bowerrc:

{
  "directory": "public/libs/",
  "componentsDirectory": "public/libs/"
}

I've tried a couple more things, but the settings just seems to be ignored, and the components are installed to bower_components

these are the versions I'm using:

$ bower -v
1.2.8
$ npm -v
1.3.24
$ node -v
v0.10.25

I've tried this multiple times, and it always succeeds for me. — Kelly J Andrews, Jan 24 '14 at 18:31
thanks for the comment, Kelly, what configuration did you use? do you have some github working sample I can download and try myself? — opensas, Jan 25 '14 at 06:12
I copied and pasted your code above exactly. Not sure why it's not working for you :0/ — Kelly J Andrews, Jan 25 '14 at 10:42

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '14 at 12:52

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I have a github of this working. It's not the identical code you have above, but if you can get this to work, you should be able to iterate from there.

answered Jan 25 '14 at 12:52

Kelly J Andrews

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gee, I've compared my project with yours, and found a shameless typo (a space in front of the .bowerrc file)... I'm so embarrassed, thanks a lot... – opensas Jan 25 '14 at 15:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '14 at 14:28

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If you are running Bower on Windows, you should make sure that you have selected Run Git from the Windows Command Prompt(second option) during GIT Installation. Then it'll work!!

Refer link here

answered Jan 25 '14 at 14:28

nomad

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