+# parent-module [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/parent-module.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/parent-module)
+
+> Get the path of the parent module
+
+Node.js exposes `module.parent`, but it only gives you the first cached parent, which is not necessarily the actual parent.
+
+
+## Install
+
+```
+$ npm install parent-module
+```
+
+
+## Usage
+
+```js
+// bar.js
+const parentModule = require('parent-module');
+
+module.exports = () => {
+ console.log(parentModule());
+ //=> '/Users/sindresorhus/dev/unicorn/foo.js'
+};
+```
+
+```js
+// foo.js
+const bar = require('./bar');
+
+bar();
+```
+
+
+## API
+
+### parentModule([filepath])
+
+By default, it will return the path of the immediate parent.
+
+#### filepath
+
+Type: `string`<br>
+Default: [`__filename`](https://nodejs.org/api/globals.html#globals_filename)
+
+Filepath of the module of which to get the parent path.
+
+Useful if you want it to work [multiple module levels down](https://github.com/sindresorhus/parent-module/tree/master/fixtures/filepath).
+
+
+## Tip
+
+Combine it with [`read-pkg-up`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/read-pkg-up) to read the package.json of the parent module.
+
+```js
+const path = require('path');
+const readPkgUp = require('read-pkg-up');
+const parentModule = require('parent-module');
+
+console.log(readPkgUp.sync({cwd: path.dirname(parentModule())}).pkg);
+//=> {name: 'chalk', version: '1.0.0', …}
+```
+
+
+## License
+
+MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)