fix(cli): make app_dir() logic consistent (#10418)

* fix(cli): Make app_dir() consistent by basing it on the explicit invocation directory rather than the current working directory

* resolve app paths before everything else

* fix xcode script

* fix test

---------

Co-authored-by: Lucas Nogueira <lucas@tauri.app>

Author: samkearney

.changes/cli-make-app-dir-consistent.md

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:bug
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:bug
+---
+
+CLI commands will now consistently search for the `app_dir` (the directory containing `package.json`) from the current working directory of the command invocation.

examples/api/src-tauri/Cargo.lock

@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ pub struct Options {
 }
 
 pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
+  crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve();
+
   let identifier = match options.identifier {
     Some(i) => i,
     None => prompts::input("What's the capability identifier?", None, false, false)?.unwrap(),

tooling/cli/src/acl/capability/new.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use clap::Parser;
 
 use crate::{
-  helpers::{app_paths::tauri_dir_opt, prompts},
+  helpers::{app_paths::resolve_tauri_dir, prompts},
   Result,
 };
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub struct Options {
 }
 
 pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
-  let dir = match tauri_dir_opt() {
+  let dir = match resolve_tauri_dir() {
     Some(t) => t,
     None => std::env::current_dir()?,
   };

tooling/cli/src/acl/permission/add.rs

@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ pub struct Options {
 }
 
 pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
+  crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve();
+
   let tauri_dir = tauri_dir();
   let acl_manifests_path = tauri_dir
     .join("gen")

tooling/cli/src/acl/permission/ls.rs

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 
 use crate::{
   acl::FileFormat,
-  helpers::{app_paths::tauri_dir_opt, prompts},
+  helpers::{app_paths::resolve_tauri_dir, prompts},
   Result,
 };
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
   let path = match options.out {
     Some(o) => o.canonicalize()?,
     None => {
-      let dir = match tauri_dir_opt() {
+      let dir = match resolve_tauri_dir() {
         Some(t) => t,
         None => std::env::current_dir()?,
       };

tooling/cli/src/acl/permission/new.rs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use clap::Parser;
 use tauri_utils::acl::{manifest::PermissionFile, PERMISSION_SCHEMA_FILE_NAME};
 
-use crate::{acl::FileFormat, helpers::app_paths::tauri_dir_opt, Result};
+use crate::{acl::FileFormat, helpers::app_paths::resolve_tauri_dir, Result};
 
 fn rm_permission_files(identifier: &str, dir: &Path) -> Result<()> {
   for entry in std::fs::read_dir(dir)?.flatten() {
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
     rm_permission_files(&options.identifier, &permissions_dir)?;
   }
 
-  if let Some(tauri_dir) = tauri_dir_opt() {
+  if let Some(tauri_dir) = resolve_tauri_dir() {
     let capabilities_dir = tauri_dir.join("capabilities");
     if capabilities_dir.exists() {
       rm_permission_from_capabilities(&options.identifier, &capabilities_dir)?;

tooling/cli/src/acl/permission/rm.rs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use crate::{
   acl,
   helpers::{
-    app_paths::{app_dir, tauri_dir},
+    app_paths::{resolve_app_dir, tauri_dir},
     cargo,
     npm::PackageManager,
   },
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ pub struct Options {
 }
 
 pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
+  crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve();
+
   let (plugin, version) = options
     .plugin
     .split_once('@')
@@ -105,6 +107,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
   let mut plugins = plugins();
   let metadata = plugins.remove(plugin).unwrap_or_default();
 
+  let app_dir = resolve_app_dir();
   let tauri_dir = tauri_dir();
 
   let target_str = metadata
@@ -122,14 +125,12 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
     branch: options.branch.as_deref(),
     rev: options.rev.as_deref(),
     tag: options.tag.as_deref(),
-    cwd: Some(&tauri_dir),
+    cwd: Some(tauri_dir),
     target: target_str,
   })?;
 
   if !metadata.rust_only {
-    if let Some(manager) = std::panic::catch_unwind(app_dir)
-      .map(Some)
-      .unwrap_or_default()
+    if let Some(manager) = app_dir
       .map(PackageManager::from_project)
       .and_then(|managers| managers.into_iter().next())
     {
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
         (None, None, None, None) => npm_name,
         _ => anyhow::bail!("Only one of --tag, --rev and --branch can be specified"),
       };
-      manager.install(&[npm_spec], &tauri_dir)?;
+      manager.install(&[npm_spec], tauri_dir)?;
     }
 
     let _ = acl::permission::add::command(acl::permission::add::Options {
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options) -> Result<()> {
         log::info!("Running `cargo fmt`...");
         let _ = Command::new("cargo")
           .arg("fmt")
-          .current_dir(&tauri_dir)
+          .current_dir(tauri_dir)
           .status();
       }
 

tooling/cli/src/add.rs

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ pub struct Options {
 }
 
 pub fn command(mut options: Options, verbosity: u8) -> Result<()> {
+  crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve();
+
   let ci = options.ci;
 
   let target = options

tooling/cli/src/build.rs

@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ impl From<crate::build::Options> for Options {
 }
 
 pub fn command(options: Options, verbosity: u8) -> crate::Result<()> {
+  crate::helpers::app_paths::resolve();
+
   let ci = options.ci;
 
   let target = options
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, verbosity: u8) -> crate::Result<()> {
   )
 }
 
+#[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
 pub fn bundle<A: AppSettings>(
   options: &Options,
   verbosity: u8,