Allow features in arbitrary locations

This fixes #1225 [1].

[1] #1225

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Other changees:
 
 - Support project directories containing square brackets, EG. `/home/[foo] my project/`, relates to [#1196](https://github.com/badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/discussions/1196).
 
+- Allow features in arbitrary locations, fixes [#1225](https://github.com/badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/issues/1225).
+
 ## v20.1.2
 
 - Updated all dependencies, including esbuild, relates to [#1068](https://github.com/badeball/cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/issues/1068).

docs/step-definitions.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Step definitions
 
-Step definitions are resolved using search paths that are configurable through the `stepDefinitions` property. The preprocessor uses [cosmiconfig](https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig), which means you can place configuration options in EG. `.cypress-cucumber-preprocessorrc.json` or `package.json`. The default search paths are shown below.
+Step definitions are resolved using search paths that are configurable through the `stepDefinitions` property. The preprocessor uses [cosmiconfig](https://github.com/davidtheclark/cosmiconfig), which means you can place configuration options in EG. `.cypress-cucumber-preprocessorrc.json` or `package.json`. The default (almost true[^1]) search paths are shown below.
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -147,3 +147,36 @@ All of these will be used to replace `[filepart]`. Thus, a single configuration
 The library makes use of [glob](https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob) to turn patterns into a list of files. This has some implications, explained below (list is non-exhaustive and will be expanded on demand).
 
 * Single term inside braces, EG. `foo/bar.{js}`, doesn't work as you might expect, ref. https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/issues/434.
+
+[^1]: I claim that the default configuration is of that below and this is almost always true.
+
+    ```json
+    {
+      "stepDefinitions": [
+        "cypress/e2e/[filepath]/**/*.{js,ts}",
+        "cypress/e2e/[filepath].{js,ts}",
+        "cypress/support/step_definitions/**/*.{js,ts}",
+      ]
+    }
+    ```
+
+    The reality is a bit more complex, in order to support a variety of use-cases out-of-the-box.
+    Most users will place their feature files in `cypress/e2e` and in those cases, the default
+    configuration will be that of my claim.
+
+    However, users that decide on a different location, let's say. `cypress/features` - in their
+    case, the default behavior of the preprocessor will be _as if_ you configured `stepDefinitions`
+    shown like below.
+
+    ```json
+    {
+      "stepDefinitions": [
+        "cypress/features/[filepath]/**/*.{js,ts}",
+        "cypress/features/[filepath].{js,ts}",
+        "cypress/support/step_definitions/**/*.{js,ts}",
+      ]
+    }
+    ```
+
+    Essentially, the first part of the two first elements, is determined finding out the common
+    ancestor path of all your feature files and thus the default configuration is dynamic.

lib/step-definitions.ts

@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ import util from "util";
 
 import assert from "assert";
 
-import isPathInside from "is-path-inside";
-
 import debug from "./helpers/debug";
 
 import {
@@ -55,27 +53,15 @@ export function pathParts(relativePath: string): string[] {
 }
 
 export function getStepDefinitionPatterns(
-  configuration: {
-    cypress: Pick<ICypressRuntimeConfiguration, "projectRoot">;
-    preprocessor: Pick<
-      IPreprocessorConfiguration,
-      "stepDefinitions" | "implicitIntegrationFolder"
-    >;
-  },
+  configuration: Pick<
+    IPreprocessorConfiguration,
+    "stepDefinitions" | "implicitIntegrationFolder"
+  >,
   filepath: string,
 ): string[] {
-  const projectRoot = configuration.cypress.projectRoot;
-
-  if (!isPathInside(filepath, projectRoot)) {
-    throw new Error(`${filepath} is not inside ${projectRoot}`);
-  }
-
   const filepathReplacement = glob.escape(
     trimFeatureExtension(
-      path.relative(
-        configuration.preprocessor.implicitIntegrationFolder,
-        filepath,
-      ),
+      path.relative(configuration.implicitIntegrationFolder, filepath),
     ),
     { windowsPathsNoEscape: true },
   );
@@ -86,7 +72,7 @@ export function getStepDefinitionPatterns(
 
   debug(`replacing [filepart] with ${util.inspect(parts)}`);
 
-  const stepDefinitions = [configuration.preprocessor.stepDefinitions].flat();
+  const stepDefinitions = [configuration.stepDefinitions].flat();
 
   return stepDefinitions.flatMap((pattern) => {
     if (pattern.includes("[filepath]") && pattern.includes("[filepart]")) {

lib/template.ts

@@ -84,14 +84,11 @@ export async function compile(
   const { stepDefinitions } = preprocessor;
 
   debug(
-    `resolving step definitions using template(s) ${inspect(stepDefinitions)}`,
+    `resolving step definitio|ns using template(s) ${inspect(stepDefinitions)}`,
   );
 
   const stepDefinitionPatterns = getStepDefinitionPatterns(
-    {
-      cypress: configuration,
-      preprocessor,
-    },
+    preprocessor,
     uri,
   ).map((pattern) => ensureIsRelative(configuration.projectRoot, pattern));
 

package.json

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@
     "error-stack-parser": "^2.1.4",
     "find-cypress-specs": "^1.45.2",
     "glob": "^10.4.5",
-    "is-path-inside": "^3.0.3",
     "mocha": "^10.7.0",
     "seedrandom": "^3.0.5",
     "source-map": "^0.7.4",