./cli.json on windows executable resolves to current working directory instead of path relative to .exe.
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Description
After running `init` and selecting to save the configs to `./cli.json` the executable is unable to find the config file unless the console working directory is the executable's directory. In fact, I believe the `./cli.json` file is saved to whichever working directory you have active when `init`is run.
Not sure if this is the intended functionality but I expected it to save to the same directory as the `.exe` file and to always be loaded from there regardless of my working directory.
As a temporary fix I created a batch script that I am using to call the cli app from anywhere with the expected behavior. I'm posting it here in case anyone finds this thread and needs an immediate fix.
```
gotify.bat
-----------------
@echo off
pushd %~dp0
Call %~dp0\gotify-cli-windows-amd64.exe p -q %*
popd
```
The scripts needs to be placed on the same directory as the executable to work as is.
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Research direction
Start at the init flow and the executable's config-loading path, focusing on how ./cli.json is resolved on Windows. Reproduce the behavior from a different working directory and confirm that the config is saved and loaded relative to the .exe directory when the issue is fixed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100