Add '--absolute-config' for an absolute config path

[jtrv]

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

--config seems to always use a relative path for the config file, so if you want to do something like --config='~/.config/.stylintrc' you will get an error because the file currentWorkingDirectory/~/.config/.stylintrc could not be found.

What solution would you like to see?

I want to be able to use a an absolute path for the config file from the cli with --absolute-config='~/.config/.stylintrc'

[alexander-akait]

I don't think we need this, something wrong in your environments, --config works fine with relative and absolute configurations

[jtrv]

Here is an example of the command I'm running and the output:

# ~/project
❯ echo public/css/slider.css | stylelint --fix --config='/home/user/.config/.stylelintrc'  --stdin-filename='public/css/slider.css'
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/project/home/user/.config/.stylelintrc'

[jtrv]

would this be linked to #4521 ?

[ybiquitous]

@JacobTravers I am wondering if your reproduction code should be the following: 🤔

• echo → cat
• Needless --fix
• Missing --stdin
• ~/ is a shell feature, so split --config and ~/.config/.stylintrc with a whitespace

cat public/css/slider.css | stylelint --config ~/.config/.stylintrc --stdin --stdin-filename public/css/slider.css

[jtrv]

Sorry my mistake, I was using cat but accidentally wrote echo when I tested it outside of my editor config in the shell. However I ran the script exactly as you wrote it, and it broke exactly in the way I described before, I also tried replacing ~ with $HOME and /home/user. I am on Arch Linux using fish-shell, but I tested the script in bash, and sh as well with the same results.

$ cat public/css/slider.css | stylelint --config ~/.config/.stylintrc --stdin --stdin-filename public/css/slider.css
Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/home/user/project/home/user/.config/.stylintrc'

(edit: sorry for the accidental close/reopen)

[ybiquitous]

@JacobTravers Umm..., I cannot reproduce the error still. 🤔

My code:

$ node_modules/.bin/stylelint --version
14.0.1

$ cat /tmp/a.css
a{}

$ cat ~/.config/.stylelintrc
rules:
  block-no-empty: true

$ cat /tmp/a.css | node_modules/.bin/stylelint --config ~/.config/.stylelintrc --stdin --stdin-filename a.c
ss

a.css
 1:2  ✖  Unexpected empty block  block-no-empty

• Node.js v17.0.1
• macOS Big Sur

[jtrv]

Sorry i'm dislexic, it looks like the command i was using this whole time had .stylintrc in the same way you had it here #5692 (comment). it looks to be working now, closing this issue. Thanks for your time and help anyways, my apologies for the mistake.