custom init scaffold gets deleted on npm update

[isimmons]

Is there a way to specify another directory for custom scaffolds like ~/mybbbtemplates or a way to do npm update -g that will update the package without overwriting custom scaffolds?

I created a working laravel4 scaffold by copying the bbb.js and the bbb directory to L4.js and L4 directory and modifying the files and directories to work with laravel4 but then a npm update deleted it.

Just did the same thing with grunt-init but it uses ~/.grunt-init directory so my custom templates are safe from overwrite. Is it best to use grunt-init instead of bbb or is there a similar way to use bbb?