diff --git a/types/find-parent-dir/find-parent-dir-tests.ts b/types/find-parent-dir/find-parent-dir-tests.ts
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+/// <reference types="node" />
+
+import findParentDir = require("find-parent-dir");
+
+let parentDir: string | null;
+
+findParentDir(__dirname, ".git", (err, dir) => {
+    if (err) {
+        console.error("error", err);
+    } else {
+        parentDir = dir;
+    }
+});
+
+try {
+    parentDir = findParentDir.sync(__dirname, ".git");
+} catch (err) {
+    console.error("error", err);
+}
diff --git a/types/find-parent-dir/index.d.ts b/types/find-parent-dir/index.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for find-parent-dir 0.3
+// Project: https://github.com/thlorenz/find-parent-dir
+// Definitions by: Ika <https://github.com/ikatyang>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/**
+ * Finds the first parent directory that contains a given file or directory.
+ */
+declare function findParentDir(
+    currentFullPath: string,
+    clue: string,
+    cb: (err: any, dir: string | null) => void
+): void;
+
+declare namespace findParentDir {
+    function sync(currentFullPath: string, clue: string): string | null;
+}
+
+export = findParentDir;
diff --git a/types/find-parent-dir/tsconfig.json b/types/find-parent-dir/tsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "lib": ["es6"],
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "baseUrl": "../",
+        "typeRoots": ["../"],
+        "types": [],
+        "noEmit": true,
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "strictFunctionTypes": true
+    },
+    "files": ["index.d.ts", "find-parent-dir-tests.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/types/find-parent-dir/tslint.json b/types/find-parent-dir/tslint.json
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+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+}