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xref-find-references doesn't change directory to match relative filenames

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#49905: closed (xref-find-references doesn't change directory
 to match relative filenames)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 23:56:01 +0000

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: xref-find-references doesn't change directory to match relative
 filenames
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:52:57 +0300

>> I have the same problem.  When calling xref-find-references
>> from a subdirectory, not from the project root, it creates
>> an*xref*  buffer where file names are relative to the
>> project root (when xref-file-name-display is 'project-relative'),
>> but the default directory is not the project root.
>> So using file-at-point fails to find the relative file.
>
> That sounds different. Could you file a separate report with exact
> reproduction steps? Try to make sure you're using the latest master first
> (I fixed bug ~like that a couple of months ago).
>
> FWIW, I'm cannot reproduce.

Why not?  Here is the reproduction steps:

0. run `emacs -Q`
1. open xref.el
2. type 'M-? xref-find-references RET'
3. check that default-directory of the output *xref* buffer
   with relative file names is not project's root.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: 49905-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49905: xref-find-references doesn't change directory to match
 relative filenames
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 02:55:37 +0300

On 10.08.2021 10:10, Juri Linkov wrote:
> I thought the fix could be just adding setting default-directory in the
> right place.  But if this is not easy then please close this request
> since I don't use find-file-at-point often.

Yes. Sorry.

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