Option to specify vercel config file path in web UI

[JeffersonBledsoe]

Is there a currently a way to specify a path to the vercel.json or now.json file through the web UI? If not, any chance this could be added at some point?

My user case:
I'm experimenting with a toy project where I'd like to open-source the Next.JS app, however I need to keep the vercel.json file private. I realise I can use git submodules and a separate private GitHub repo to achieve this, however I would then need to resort to having CI deploy using the vercel CLI rather than the great GitHub integration which already exists within Vercel.

[styfle]

Yes, you can specify the "Root Directory" for your project which should contain the vercel.json file.

https://vercel.com/blog/advanced-project-settings

However, there are currently some limitations. When selecting the "Root Directory", all code above that directory is excluded. This means if you set myapp as the root directory with /myapp/vercel.json as the config, you won't be able to use /example.js or /lib/helper.js, only /myapp/helper.js.

We are working on better support for monorepos to support this use case.

[styfle]

That being said, why would vercel.json be private? It shouldn't contain any private information?

[JeffersonBledsoe]

Thanks for the help @styfle, I missed the Root Directory config option!

I was playing around with mimicking the Netlify _redirects file URL shortener demo I've seen around but using the vercel.json file and vercel instead and wanted to see if I could make a public form whilst keeping the redirects that users have entered private.

[styfle]

Since you are using Next.js you can install the canary npm i next@canary react react-dom and utilize next.config.js for your redirects which has greater flexibility since its a js file that executes rather than a static json file.

vercel/next.js#9081

[david1542]

Is there any updates on this issue?

I also use a monorepo and I have 2 applications hosted on vercel, located in apps/app-1 and apps/app-2. Each one has its own vercel.json and a separate app in Vercel.

Now, I use the monorepo's root directory as the project root in Vercel since I need to build the monorepo and then build the apps, since the apps use some shared libraries.

Is there a way to specify just the config path in the dashboard?