Makeprg runs in different directory than `pwd`

Asked Sep 13 '22 at 14:34

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When I run a command using make, it runs from a different directory than running it as a regular command with !. My app is a CBRA, and I open vim from within a component. The top-level app, though, is where the git repository is rooted.

Running :pwd returns /Users/bill/dev/app/components/my_component.

Running :!pwd returns /Users/bill/dev/app/components/my_component.

Running :set makeprg=pwd followed by :make returns /Users/bill/dev/app.

I'd like to run my make commands from within my pwd, preferably without having to prepend a cd to everything.

The only related configuration I could find is autochdir, which is set to noautochdir.

asked Sep 13 '22 at 14:34

BassguitarBill

My best guess is that there is a QuickFixCmdPre autocmd event; you can check with :au QuickFixCmdPre. – Martin Tournoij Sep 13 '22 at 16:47
Welcome to [vi.se]! Have you tried How to debug my vimrc? – D. Ben Knoble Sep 13 '22 at 17:57
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Huge apologies; the issue was happening in neovim, but I tried it as well in an old installation of vim and got the same behavior. I forgot that, once upon a time, that old vim was my daily driver, and the same plugin (vim-rails in this case) was installed for both. @MartinTournoij there was indeed an autocmd for this action. – BassguitarBill Sep 14 '22 at 11:18
vim-rails seems to change directory, but to be honest I don't really understand why or what to exactly. – Martin Tournoij Sep 14 '22 at 14:46

Makeprg runs in different directory than `pwd`

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