I have some files in my root but render keeps on searching that file in a specific folder

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Error:
npm error code ENOENT

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error syscall open

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error path /opt/render/project/src/frontend/package.json

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error errno -2

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error enoent Could not read package.json: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open ‘/opt/render/project/src/frontend/package.json’

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error enoent

Nov 3 04:12:07 PMnpm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /opt/render/.cache/_logs/2024-11-03T10_42_06_933Z-debug-0.log

I have two package.json one in my root for backend and other in frontend and it keeps searching in the frontend folder which leads to failed deployment.

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Your service’s Settings on the Render Dashboard likely has “Root Directory” set to frontend.

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When deploying my web service i keep the root directory blank but render keeps searching the package.json file in frontend instead of the root directory

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github repo

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  1. There are no relevant files in the root directory of that repo.
  2. Your directory has a capital F in Frontend, and will not find a directory named frontend, because Linux is case sensitive. (Also, capital B in Backend.)
  3. There is no package.json in the root directory, you must specify a Root Directory setting in Render to either Backend or Frontend, to find the package.json file in one or the other’s directory.