[BUG] `just -g`, `just --global-justfile` and `just --justfile ~/.justfile --working-directory .` calling local justfile instead of global or referenced justfile.

[smorin]

Setting up a global alias is leading to an error, am following the manual on this.

alias .j='just --justfile ~/.justfile --working-directory .'

But when running in a dir without a justfile it works fine.

Running that alias when in a dir that has a just file, it picksup the wrong justfile it picksup the local one instead of the one referenced by --justfile.

My local one, I mean the justfile in the pwd ./justfile

If I remove --working-directory . it works okay but then I can't use commands in ~/.justfile to target the local directory.

Followed: https://just.systems/man/en/global-and-user-justfiles.html

Also tried just --global-justfile and just -g both of which call the local justfile not the global one.

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Debug Information: Operating System: Darwin Steves-MacBook-Pro-2.local 24.4.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.4.0: Fri Apr 11 18:32:50 PDT 2025; root:xnu-11417.101.15~117/RELEASE_ARM64_T6041 arm64 macOS 15.4.1

Just Version: just 1.39.0

Shell: /bin/zsh

[smorin]

@casey any thoughts here, if you agree with the but I am happy to investigate and try and put a PR together.

[theinfinit]

I'm using just 1.40.0. When I call just -g from directory containing another justfile, this is the pitfall I ran into:

My global justfile contained default command just --list --unsorted. As you might notice, it lacks -g flag. This means, that my global justfile was executing the local one for the default command, because the -g flag was missing.

# ~/.config/just/justfile

@help:
  just -g --list --unsorted

alias default := help

pwd:
  echo "Working dir: $(pwd)"

Warning in the docs (Global and User justfiles) should help to avoid confusion.

@smorin I hope that will solve your problem

[smorin]

@theinfinit that helps

[casey]

I am unable to reproduce this. I'm assuming that the issue was the one pointed out by @theinfinit, with a recursive call to just.

[smorin]

Yes it was the recursive call to just, double checked an missed it.

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On Mon, Jun 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM, Casey Rodarmor < @.*** > wrote:

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I am unable to reproduce this. I'm assuming that the issue was the one pointed out by @ theinfinit ( https://github.com/theinfinit ) , with a recursive call to just.

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