From 1ba7e5fc6ed6c971630a4faf52ea39649a8f0818 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 09:42:34 -0400
Subject: When passing a directory as a command line argument, change to it.
 This allows for running `textadept [projectdir]` and having the open dialogs
 start from there instead of `_HOME` or some other directory.

---
 core/args.lua | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'core')

diff --git a/core/args.lua b/core/args.lua
index 18ef743b..0e6fd2bf 100644
--- a/core/args.lua
+++ b/core/args.lua
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@ local function process(arg, no_emit_arg_none)
       switch.f(table.unpack(arg, i + 1, i + switch.narg))
       i = i + switch.narg
     else
-      io.open_file(lfs.abspath(arg[i], arg[-1]))
+      local filename = lfs.abspath(arg[i], arg[-1] or lfs.currentdir())
+      if lfs.attributes(filename, 'mode') ~= 'directory' then
+        io.open_file(filename)
+      else
+        lfs.chdir(filename)
+      end
       no_args = false
     end
     i = i + 1
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