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:

1. Run firebase login to log in via the browser and authenticate the firebase tool.
2. Go to your Firebase project directory.
3. Run firebase init functions.

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

Answer 1

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.