Merge pull request #1450 from pypa/joerick-patch-1

add warning about `cd /d` in test-command
2023-04-04 10:27:09 +02:00
parent a2efed2aeb 93e1464e6a
commit 177cb142b5
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@@ -1214,6 +1214,13 @@ Platform-specific environment variables are also available:<br/>

    In configuration files, you can use an array, and the items will be joined with `&&`.

+!!! note
+
+    It's isn't recommended to `cd` to your project directory before running tests,
+    because Python might resolve `import yourpackage` relative to the working dir,
+    and we want to test the wheel you just built. However, if you're sure that's not
+    an issue for you and your workflow requires it, on Windows you should do `cd /d`,
+    because the CWD and project dir might be on different drives.

 ### `CIBW_BEFORE_TEST` {: #before-test}
 > Execute a shell command before testing each wheel