Add option to change working directory for evaluation of example code

.gitignore

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ test/formats/builds/
 test/missingdocs/build/
 test/nongit/build/
 test/errors/build/
+test/workdir/builds/
 docs/build/
 docs/pdf/build/
 docs/site/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 * Documenter v0.23 requires Julia v1.0. ([#1015][github-1015])
 
+* ![Feature][badge-feature] The current working directory when evaluating `@repl` and `@example` blocks can now be set to a fixed directory by passing the `workdir` keyword to `makedocs`. ([#1013][github-1013], [#1025][github-1025])
+
 * ![Enhancement][badge-enhancement] The logo image in the HTML output will now always point to the first page in the navigation menu (as opposed to `index.html`, which may or may not exist). When using pretty URLs, the `index.html` part now omitted from the logo link URL. ([#1005][github-1005])
 
 ## Version `v0.22.4`
@@ -321,8 +323,10 @@
 [github-1003]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/1003
 [github-1004]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1004
 [github-1009]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1009
+[github-1013]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/issues/1013
 [github-1014]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1014
 [github-1015]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1015
+[github-1025]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/Documenter.jl/pull/1025
 
 [documenterlatex]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterLaTeX.jl
 [documentermarkdown]: https://github.com/JuliaDocs/DocumenterMarkdown.jl

docs/src/man/syntax.md

@@ -334,7 +334,8 @@ on each line is also removed.
 
 !!! note
     The working directory, `pwd`, is set to the directory in `build` where the file
-    will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted to be relative to `pwd`.
+    will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted to be relative to
+    `pwd`. This can be customized with the `workdir` keyword of [`makedocs`](@ref).
 
 **Hiding Source Code**
 
@@ -493,7 +494,8 @@ Named `@repl <name>` blocks behave in the same way as named `@example <name>` bl
 
 !!! note
     The working directory, `pwd`, is set to the directory in `build` where the file
-    will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted to be relative to `pwd`.
+    will be written to, and the paths in `include` calls are interpreted to be relative to
+    `pwd`.  This can be customized with the `workdir` keyword of [`makedocs`](@ref).
 
 ## `@setup <name>` block
 

src/Builder.jl

@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{SetupBuildDirectory}, doc::Documents.Document)
     # Frequently used fields.
     build  = doc.user.build
     source = doc.user.source
+    workdir = doc.user.workdir
+
 
     # The .user.source directory must exist.
     isdir(source) || error("source directory '$(abspath(source))' is missing.")
@@ -105,9 +107,20 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{SetupBuildDirectory}, doc::Documents.Document)
         for file in files
             src = normpath(joinpath(root, file))
             dst = normpath(joinpath(build, relpath(root, source), file))
+
+            if workdir == :build
+                # set working directory to be the same as `build`
+                wd = normpath(joinpath(build, relpath(root, source)))
+            elseif workdir isa Symbol
+                # Maybe allow `:src` and `:root` as well?
+                throw(ArgumentError("Unrecognized working directory option '$workdir'"))
+            else
+                wd = normpath(joinpath(doc.user.root, workdir))
+            end
+
             if endswith(file, ".md")
                 push!(mdpages, Utilities.srcpath(source, root, file))
-                Documents.addpage!(doc, src, dst)
+                Documents.addpage!(doc, src, dst, wd)
             else
                 cp(src, dst; force = true)
             end

src/Documenter.jl

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export Deps, makedocs, deploydocs, hide
         repo    = "",
         highlightsig = true,
         sitename = "",
+        workdir = :build,
     )
 
 Combines markdown files and inline docstrings into an interlinked document.
@@ -107,6 +108,20 @@ written when [`makedocs`](@ref) is run. The name of the build directory is, by c
 called `build`, though, like with `source`, users are free to change this to anything else
 to better suit their project needs.
 
+**`workdir`** determines the working directory where `@example` and `@repl` code blocks are
+executed. It can be either a path or the special value `:build` (default).
+
+If the `workdir` is set to a path, the working directory is reset to that path for each code
+block being evaluated. Relative paths are taken to be relative to `root`, but using absolute
+paths is recommended (e.g. `workdir = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..")` for executing in the package
+root for the usual `docs/make.jl` setup).
+
+With the default `:build` option, the working directory is set to a subdirectory of `build`,
+determined from the source file path. E.g. for `src/foo.md` it is set to `build/`, for
+`src/foo/bar.md` it is set to `build/foo` etc.
+
+Note that `workdir` does not affect doctests.
+
 **`clean`** tells [`makedocs`](@ref) whether to remove all the content from the `build`
 folder prior to generating new content from `source`. By default this is set to `true`.
 

src/Documents.jl

@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ Globals() = Globals(Main, Dict())
 Represents a single markdown file.
 """
 struct Page
-    source   :: String
-    build    :: String
+    source      :: String
+    build       :: String
+    workdir :: Union{Symbol,String}
     """
     Ordered list of raw toplevel markdown nodes from the parsed page contents. This vector
     should be considered immutable.
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ struct Page
     mapping  :: IdDict{Any,Any}
     globals  :: Globals
 end
-function Page(source::AbstractString, build::AbstractString)
+function Page(source::AbstractString, build::AbstractString, workdir::AbstractString)
     elements = Markdown.parse(read(source, String)).content
-    Page(source, build, elements, IdDict{Any,Any}(), Globals())
+    Page(source, build, workdir, elements, IdDict{Any,Any}(), Globals())
 end
 
 # Document Nodes.
@@ -61,12 +62,12 @@ end
 ## IndexNode.
 
 struct IndexNode
-    pages    :: Vector{String} # Which pages to include in the index? Set by user.
-    modules  :: Vector{Module} # Which modules to include? Set by user.
-    order    :: Vector{Symbol} # What order should docs be listed in? Set by user.
-    build    :: String         # Path to the file where this index will appear.
-    source   :: String         # Path to the file where this index was written.
-    elements :: Vector         # (object, doc, page, mod, cat)-tuple for constructing links.
+    pages       :: Vector{String} # Which pages to include in the index? Set by user.
+    modules     :: Vector{Module} # Which modules to include? Set by user.
+    order       :: Vector{Symbol} # What order should docs be listed in? Set by user.
+    build       :: String         # Path to the file where this index will appear.
+    source      :: String         # Path to the file where this index was written.
+    elements    :: Vector         # (object, doc, page, mod, cat)-tuple for constructing links.
 
     function IndexNode(;
             # TODO: Fix difference between uppercase and lowercase naming of keys.
@@ -85,11 +86,11 @@ end
 ## ContentsNode.
 
 struct ContentsNode
-    pages    :: Vector{String} # Which pages should be included in contents? Set by user.
-    depth    :: Int            # Down to which level should headers be displayed? Set by user.
-    build    :: String         # Same as for `IndexNode`s.
-    source   :: String         # Same as for `IndexNode`s.
-    elements :: Vector         # (order, page, anchor)-tuple for constructing links.
+    pages       :: Vector{String} # Which pages should be included in contents? Set by user.
+    depth       :: Int            # Down to which level should headers be displayed? Set by user.
+    build       :: String         # Same as for `IndexNode`s.
+    source      :: String         # Same as for `IndexNode`s.
+    elements    :: Vector         # (order, page, anchor)-tuple for constructing links.
 
     function ContentsNode(;
             Pages  = [],
@@ -187,6 +188,7 @@ struct User
     root    :: String  # An absolute path to the root directory of the document.
     source  :: String  # Parent directory is `.root`. Where files are read from.
     build   :: String  # Parent directory is also `.root`. Where files are written to.
+    workdir :: Union{Symbol,String} # Parent directory is also `.root`. Where code is executed from.
     format  :: Vector{Plugin} # What format to render the final document with?
     clean   :: Bool           # Empty the `build` directory before starting a new build?
     doctest :: Union{Bool,Symbol} # Run doctests?
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@ function Document(plugins = nothing;
         root     :: AbstractString   = Utilities.currentdir(),
         source   :: AbstractString   = "src",
         build    :: AbstractString   = "build",
+        workdir  :: Union{Symbol, AbstractString}  = :build,
         format   :: Any              = Documenter.HTML(),
         clean    :: Bool             = true,
         doctest  :: Union{Bool,Symbol} = true,
@@ -270,6 +273,7 @@ function Document(plugins = nothing;
         root,
         source,
         build,
+        workdir,
         format,
         clean,
         doctest,
@@ -333,8 +337,8 @@ end
 
 ## Methods
 
-function addpage!(doc::Document, src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString)
-    page = Page(src, dst)
+function addpage!(doc::Document, src::AbstractString, dst::AbstractString, wd::AbstractString)
+    page = Page(src, dst, wd)
     # page's identifier is the path relative to the `doc.user.source` directory
     name = normpath(relpath(src, doc.user.source))
     doc.internal.pages[name] = page
@@ -433,7 +437,7 @@ doctest_replace!(block) = true
 
 function buildnode(T::Type, block, doc, page)
     mod  = get(page.globals.meta, :CurrentModule, Main)
-    dict = Dict{Symbol, Any}(:source => page.source, :build => page.build)
+    dict = Dict{Symbol, Any}(:source => page.source, :build => page.build, :workdir => page.workdir)
     for (ex, str) in Utilities.parseblock(block.code, doc, page)
         if Utilities.isassign(ex)
             cd(dirname(page.source)) do

src/Expanders.jl

@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ end
 function Selectors.runner(::Type{EvalBlocks}, x, page, doc)
     sandbox = Module(:EvalBlockSandbox)
     lines = Utilities.find_block_in_file(x.code, page.source)
-    cd(dirname(page.build)) do
+    cd(page.workdir) do
         result = nothing
         for (ex, str) in Utilities.parseblock(x.code, doc, page; keywords = false)
             try
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{ExampleBlocks}, x, page, doc)
         end
         for (ex, str) in Utilities.parseblock(code, doc, page; keywords = false)
             (value, success, backtrace, text) = Utilities.withoutput() do
-                cd(dirname(page.build)) do
+                cd(page.workdir) do
                     Core.eval(mod, ex)
                 end
             end
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{REPLBlocks}, x, page, doc)
         buffer = IOBuffer()
         input  = droplines(str)
         (value, success, backtrace, text) = Utilities.withoutput() do
-            cd(dirname(page.build)) do
+            cd(page.workdir) do
                 Core.eval(mod, ex)
             end
         end
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ function Selectors.runner(::Type{SetupBlocks}, x, page, doc)
     # Evaluate whole @setup block at once instead of piecewise
     page.mapping[x] =
     try
-        cd(dirname(page.build)) do
+        cd(page.workdir) do
             include_string(mod, x.code)
         end
         Markdown.MD([])

test/runtests.jl

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ println("="^50)
 
     # A simple build outside of a Git repository
     include("nongit/tests.jl")
+
+    # A simple build evaluating code outside build directory
+    include("workdir/tests.jl")
 end
 
 # Additional tests

test/utilities.jl

@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ end
     end
 
     import Documenter.Documents: Document, Page, Globals
-    let page = Page("source", "build", [], IdDict{Any,Any}(), Globals()), doc = Document()
+    let page = Page("source", "build", :build, [], IdDict{Any,Any}(), Globals()), doc = Document()
         code = """
         x += 3
         γγγ_γγγ

test/workdir/make.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Documenter
+
+const pages = [
+    "Home" => "index.md",
+    "File" => "file.md",
+    "Subdir" => "subdir/index.md",
+    "Subfile" => "subdir/file.md",
+]
+
+@info "Building builds/default"
+makedocs(sitename="Test", pages = pages, build="builds/default")
+
+@info "Building builds/absolute"
+mkdir(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds/absolute-workdir"))
+makedocs(sitename="Test", pages = pages, build="builds/absolute", workdir=joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds/absolute-workdir"))
+
+@info "Building builds/relative"
+mkdir(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds/relative-workdir"))
+makedocs(sitename="Test", pages = pages, build="builds/relative", workdir="builds/relative-workdir")

test/workdir/src/file.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Testing
+
+Here's a test
+
+```@repl
+pwd()
+
+touch("root_file.txt")
+```

test/workdir/src/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Testing
+
+Here's a test
+
+```@repl
+pwd()
+
+touch("root_index.txt")
+```

test/workdir/src/subdir/file.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Testing
+
+Here's a test
+
+```@repl
+pwd()
+
+touch("subdir_file.txt")
+```

test/workdir/src/subdir/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Testing
+
+Here's a test
+
+```@repl
+pwd()
+
+touch("subdir_index.txt")
+```

test/workdir/tests.jl

@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using Test
+
+# for convenience, when debugging, the build step can be disabled when running the tests with
+#   julia test/workdir/tests.jl skipbuild
+if !("skipbuild" in ARGS)
+    rm(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds"), recursive=true, force=true) # cleanup of previous test run
+    include(joinpath(@__DIR__, "make.jl"))
+end
+
+@testset "makedocs workdir" begin
+    # test for the default build
+    @test isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "default", "root_index.txt"))
+    @test isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "default", "root_file.txt"))
+    @test isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "default", "subdir", "subdir_index.txt"))
+    @test isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "default", "subdir", "subdir_file.txt"))
+
+    # absolute path
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute", "root_index.txt"))
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute", "root_file.txt"))
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute", "subdir", "subdir_index.txt"))
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute", "subdir", "subdir_file.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute-workdir", "root_index.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute-workdir", "root_file.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute-workdir", "subdir_index.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "absolute-workdir", "subdir_file.txt"))
+
+    # relative path
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative", "root_index.txt"))
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative", "root_file.txt"))
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative", "subdir", "subdir_index.txt"))
+    @test !isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative", "subdir", "subdir_file.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative-workdir", "root_index.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative-workdir", "root_file.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative-workdir", "subdir_index.txt"))
+    @test  isfile(joinpath(@__DIR__, "builds", "relative-workdir", "subdir_file.txt"))
+end