Relative paths in config file resolve from CWD, not config file location

[bobmatnyc]

Description

When using relative paths in a configuration file (e.g., path: "../repos/datapipelines"), the paths are resolved relative to the current working directory (CWD) rather than relative to the configuration file's location.

Expected Behavior

Relative paths in the config file should resolve relative to where the config file is located. This is the standard behavior for most tools (e.g., tsconfig.json, pyproject.toml).

Actual Behavior

Paths resolve from CWD, causing "Repository path does not exist" warnings when running from a different directory than expected.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create config at /Users/masa/Duetto/repos/gitflow-contractors.yaml with:

   repositories:
     - name: "datapipelines"
       path: "../repos/datapipelines"

2. Run from /Users/masa/Projects/gitflow-analytics:

   uv run -m gitflow_analytics.cli analyze --config /Users/masa/Duetto/repos/gitflow-contractors.yaml --weeks 4

3. Observe warning: Repository path does not exist: /Users/masa/Projects/repos/datapipelines

   • Expected path: /Users/masa/Duetto/repos/datapipelines (relative to config file)
   • Actual path: /Users/masa/Projects/repos/datapipelines (relative to CWD)

Suggested Fix

In config/loader.py, resolve relative repository paths using os.path.dirname(config_file_path) as the base, not os.getcwd().

Environment

• Version: v3.13.13
• Python: 3.13
• OS: macOS

[bobmatnyc]

✅ Fixed

This has been resolved. Relative paths in config files are now resolved relative to the config file's location (not CWD), matching standard tool behavior (tsconfig.json, pyproject.toml, etc.).

Fix location: src/gitflow_analytics/config/repository.py (lines 126–130):

# Resolve repository path relative to config file directory
repo_path = Path(repo_data["path"]).expanduser()
if not repo_path.is_absolute():
    repo_path = config_path.parent / repo_path
    repo_path = repo_path.resolve()

Same fix applies to output.directory and cache.directory in src/gitflow_analytics/config/loader_sections.py.

Available since: v3.13.17 (introduced during config/loader refactoring).

Closing as resolved.