Missing [DIR] from "state" command(s)

[walterdolce]

The [DIR] parameter found in commands like plan, apply, destroy and others is not present in the state command (and subcommands).

That breaks the "natural flow" of commands issued by an operator as one would have to 1) cd into the folder where the terraform files are, 2) run the command(s), 3) cd - back to where she/he was.

In general, I would expect the "core" command arguments to be present across all CLI commands. [DIR] would be one of them.

Terraform Version

v0.11.11

Terraform Configuration Files

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Expected Behavior

Have a consistent UX across all Terraform commands

Actual Behavior

[DIR] cannot be passed to certain commands

Steps to Reproduce

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[jbardin]

Hi @walterdolce,

Thanks for filing the issue. We'll track this over in #17378 for now. The recommended practice is to not use the [DIR] argument, because it can cause confusion when there are configuration conflicts since Terraform always relies on the current working.

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