Truffle configuration file name - is it 'truffle.js' or 'truffle-config.js'?

Question

Truffle configuration file is mentioned in several places on the web (GitHub, truffle package on npm, solidity-coverage package on npm, etc.).

Some refer to it as 'truffle.js, others refer to it as truffle-config.js.

When creating a project with truffle init, both files are created.

Which one of them should I use?

Thank you.

Answer 1

On windows systems having truffle.js in your main folder may create a conflict when you try to execute truffle.

Windows first try for executables in your current directory, and .js files are considered executables, then when it tries to execute your configuration file it will fail.

To be compatible with windows you can either rename your configuration file to truffle-config.js or execute truffle with truffle.cmd.

If you do not care about windows then you can use truffe.js.

Answer 2

You should use truffle.js

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And from this page of Truffle docs my understanding is that:

• Both files are created on initiation because default configuration file name can cause a conflict with the truffle executable, and so you may not be able to run Truffle commands properly on existing projects.

Answer 3

truffle.js

and do add the following to it

module.exports = {
  networks: {
    development: {
      host: "localhost",
      port: 8545,
      network_id: "*" // Match any network id
    }
  }
};

Answer 4

Just for reference, as of Truffle v5, truffle-config.js is now the default (and only file that is created) when initializing a new project.

Answer 5

Truffle does not distinguish between truffle.js and truffle-config.js.

So, an easy way to deal with this, as referenced in Mastering Ethereum, is to simply delete this and use truffle-config.js instead.