Use of `defaults.run.working-directory`

[jbelien]

First things first, thanks a lot for this GitHub Actions workflow ! 👍

I see that there is the composer-options that allow to specify the working directory with --working-dir=foo if the composer.json file is in the foo sub-directory.

I'm using the defaults.run.working-directory in my workflow:

defaults:
  run:
    working-directory: foo/

Is there a way to make ramsey/composer-install use that defaults.run.working-directory if it is specified ?

Thanks!

[Kocal]

Hi, see https://github.com/ramsey/composer-install#alternate-composerjson-locations.

Using --workding-dir in your composer-options will automatically change the working directory (see related PR #107)

[jbelien]

Yes, that works indeed perfectly fine.

My question was about not having to specify --workding-dir in my composer-options if defaults.run.working-directory is specified.
Am I missing something ?

[ramsey]

This is fixed in v2, please upgrade using ramsey/composer-install@v2 or ramsey/composer-install@2.0.0. Details are available on the release announcement and the README.

Thanks!

[jbelien]

Thanks a lot @ramsey ! 👍

Will it work with defaults.run.working-directory (default configuration) or do I still need to specify working-directory as input ?

[ramsey]

Hmm. That's a good question. If defaults.run.working-directory tells GitHub to run everything from that directory, it should work accordingly, as long as your composer.json isn't in some place other than defaults.run.working-directory. Let me know if it doesn't work.

[jbelien]

Hmm. That's a good question. If defaults.run.working-directory tells GitHub to run everything from that directory, it should work accordingly, as long as your composer.json isn't in some place other than defaults.run.working-directory. Let me know if it doesn't work.

I just tried and it doesn't work if I just specify defaults.run.working-directory

Error: Unable to find composer.json at './composer.json'

I tried stuff like the following but it doesn't seem to be "supported" by GitHub Actions.

- uses: ramsey/composer-install@v2
  with:
    working-directory: ${{ defaults.run.working-directory }}

But using working-directory with the correct path in ramsey/composer-install@v2 works as expected! 👍

[ramsey]

Thanks for reporting back your findings. I'll need to look into this. It does make sense that it should respect the current working directory of the job.

[pindab0ter]

Any news on this front?