Merge pull request #8972 from bonzini/C-symlink

resolve symlinks passed to -C

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py b/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py
index 7594db2..c304cbb 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/mdevenv.py
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import tempfile
 
 from pathlib import Path
 from . import build
-from .mesonlib import MesonException, is_windows
+from .mesonlib import MesonException, RealPathAction, is_windows
 
 import typing as T
 
 def add_arguments(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
-    parser.add_argument('-C', default='.', dest='wd',
+    parser.add_argument('-C', dest='wd', action=RealPathAction,
                         help='directory to cd into before running')
     parser.add_argument('command', nargs=argparse.REMAINDER,
                         help='Command to run in developer environment (default: interactive shell)')
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ def get_env(b: build.Build, build_dir: str) -> T.Dict[str, str]:
     return extra_env.get_env(env)
 
 def run(options: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
-    options.wd = os.path.abspath(options.wd)
     buildfile = Path(options.wd) / 'meson-private' / 'build.dat'
     if not buildfile.is_file():
         raise MesonException(f'Directory {options.wd!r} does not seem to be a Meson build directory.')