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When you create a new workspace, Conductor will copy in all your git files. To get any other files you need—like dependencies, .env files, or build files—use a setup script.

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Example

conductor.json: 
{
    "scripts": {
        "setup": "./conductor-setup.sh"
    }
}
conductor-setup.sh: 
# Install dependencies
npm install

# Copy .env file
cp $CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH/.env .env

# Build the app
npm run build

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How it works

The setup script runs in your new workspace directory ($CONDUCTOR_WORKSPACE_PATH) as soon as it’s created. In this example, we copy the .env file from the repository root directory ($CONDUCTOR_ROOT_PATH) into each new workspace. The repo root directory is a good place to store files you might want to share across workspaces. You can copy or symlink them depending on your needs.

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More tips

Here’s the setup script we use for Conductor and a walkthrough of how it works:

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Next steps

For long-running processes that should run in the background while you develop, add a run script. For more details about how setup scripts work, see Scripts.