cypress open - new projectId creation not respecting --config-file

[oak-wildwood]

Current behavior:

Creating a new projectId using cypress open with a different config file results in the new projectId being placed into the cypress.json file.

Desired behavior:

I expect Cypress to honor the value passed to the --config-file option and add the new projectId to the specified configuration file and not the original cypress.json

Steps to reproduce: (app code and test code)

1. Clone this repo: git@github.com:oak-wildwood/cypress-test-tiny.git
2. Run npm i
3. Run npx cypress open --config-file cypress-other.json
4. Sign in and click Setup project to record
5. On the modal click Set up project to complete
6. See the changes to the wrong file

Versions

Cypress 3.6.1, MacOS Catalina, Chrome 78

[jennifer-shehane]

The UI also doesn't seem to react to a new project being created. I have to kill cypress and restart to see the changes. I think this may be due to this option, unless there's some other variable involved.

[cypress-bot]

The code for this is done in cypress-io/cypress#18240, but has yet to be released.
We'll update this issue and reference the changelog when it's released.

[cypress-bot]

Released in 8.5.0.

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