isort silently writes output to the current directory, even if run on a different path

[vmalloc]

It seems like the tool always writes the result into the current directory, which is pretty unexpected. I think you should provide an --inplace option or fail explicitly if you don't know where to save the result.

Currently for the unsuspecting newcomer it seems that the tool does nothing when run on a different path.

[timothycrosley]

Thanks for finding this problem! Just verified it as an issue and will fix with the next point release.

[timothycrosley]

Fixed with release 1.2.3: we can always determine the correct output file using os.path.abspath, and then isort subdirectory/pythonfile.py works as expected.

Thanks!

Timothy