poetry run --directory command line help error

[miohtama]

• Poetry version: Poetry (version 1.5.1)

• Python version: 3.10.8

• OS version and name: macOS

• [X] I am on the latest stable Poetry version, installed using a recommended method.

• [X] I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate.

• [x] I have consulted the FAQ and blog for any relevant entries or release notes.

Issue

When doing poetry run --help you get:

 -C, --directory=DIRECTORY  The working directory for the Poetry command (defaults to the current working directory).

However spelling out the --directory argument with = does not seem to work:

poetry run --directory=/Users/moo/code/executor/trade-executor trade-executor

Command not found: --directory=/Users/moo/code/executor/trade-executor

But it does if you use space instead of =

poetry run --directory /Users/moo/code/executor/trade-executor trade-executor

Usage: trade-executor [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Try 'trade-executor --help' for help.

Error: Missing command.

[dimbleby]

wants reporting to cleo

[Secrus]

Yeah, this is a known bug in the current CLI parser and the way Poetry implements the run command. Try putting --directory=... before run.

[miohtama]

@Secrus would there be any low-hanging fruits to fix this e.g. to change the command line help text?

[Tander]

Yeah, this is a known bug in the current CLI parser and the way Poetry implements the run command. Try putting --directory=... before run.

Sadly, doesn't work with Poetry 1.5.1 in my case. Other commands (version, for example) work as described in documentation. So, currently there is no way to set a working directory as a part of poetry command. Hope it'll help to change status of this issue.

C:\Test>poetry --directory=C:\Test\test_project run python builds\health.py

Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file in C:\Test or its parents

C:\Test>poetry run --directory=C:\Test\test_project python builds\health.py

Poetry could not find a pyproject.toml file in C:\Test or its parents

C:\Test>poetry --directory=test_project version
test-project 0.1.0

C:\Test>poetry --version
Poetry (version 1.5.1)

[LordFckHelmchen]

@Tander I think this might be a different problem. you need to execute the poetry run command from your project's root dir (e.g. c:\Test\pyproject.toml must exist and poetry run needs to be executed from c:\Test. The idea of the directory command is to start from root and then set the given directory as cwd for the run command - at least that's what I guess from the description ;-)

[Tander]

Then directory command doens't make much sense...

[Secrus]

This should now be fixed with recent changes to both --directory/--project flags and CLI parsing.

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