stack ghci reads in ~/.ghci but does not set def: values

### Steps to reproduce
from within a project root folder
```
> stack ghci
```
stack confirms it read the ~/.ghci file

within ghci
```
:cmdName
```

```
unknown command ':cmdName'.
```

Note:
stack ghci from my home directory works as expected. The `.ghci` file contents:
```
:set prompt "\ESC[0;34mλ> \ESC[m"
:def source readFile

-- Pretty printing of it
import IPPrint.Colored
:set -interactive-print=IPPrint.Colored.cpprint
:def cp (\_ -> return ":set -interactive-print=IPPrint.Colored.cpprint")
:def ncp (\_ -> return ":set -interactive-print=print")
```
### Expected
the commands executed within ghci to be recognized.

### Stack version
stack version 1.7.1
ghci version 8.4.3

### Method of installation
```
> stack build --compiler-tool ghci-pretty
```