Shouldn't `_src_path` be stored as absolute path?

When creating a project using a local path, shouldn’t it be stored as absolute path in the answers_file?

If created using copier . /path/to/destination, it’s saved as _src_path: ..

One can do it “auto-manually” using copier "$PWD" /path/to/destination.

[lhupfeldt]

I ran into the same problem. Storing the path relative to CWD (I got ‘.’) is not of much use. Storing the path as both relative to project and as absolute would be great, then the project could be moved, either independently from the template, or they could be moved together. Adding the --template-src="VALUE" is also a good idea. And yes, generally it is a URL (which can be a file url), så maybe the _src_path should be renamed to _src_url?

[ppo]

As it’s a choice, there should be an option, right?

Like --template-src="VALUE", where the value can be:

• absolute
• relative
• the value to use

If that option is passed to update, Copier uses that instead of _src_path and the answers file is updated accordingly.

absolute|relative, are based on the template_src during creation and on the CWD during updates.