Merge pull request #621 from adrianna-chang-shopify/spring-process-should-use-working-dir

Start Spring server process in directory where command was called

Author: tenderlove

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## Next Release
+
+* Start server process in directory where command was called
+
 ## 2.1.0
 
 * Add explicit support for Rails 6 (no changes were needed)

lib/spring/application.rb

@@ -172,6 +172,11 @@ def serve(client)
         end
       end
 
+      # Ensure we boot the process in the directory the command was called from,
+      # not from the directory Spring started in
+      original_dir = Dir.pwd
+      Dir.chdir(env['PWD'] || original_dir)
+
       pid = fork {
         Process.setsid
         IGNORE_SIGNALS.each { |sig| trap(sig, "DEFAULT") }
@@ -237,6 +242,7 @@ def serve(client)
       # (i.e. to prevent `spring rake -T | grep db` from hanging forever),
       # even when exception is raised before forking (i.e. preloading).
       reset_streams
+      Dir.chdir(original_dir)
     end
 
     def terminate