HLint config in subfolder not picked up

[georgefst]

haskell-language-server version: 0.8.0.0 (GHC: 8.10.2) (PATH: /home/gthomas/.cabal/bin/haskell-language-server)
Tool versions found on the $PATH
cabal: 3.2.0.0
stack: Not found
ghc: 8.10.2
VScode

My workspace folder has a haskell subfolder, but .hlint.yaml is only picked up if I move it to the very top level of the project, which is inconvenient. Everything else works fine.

[jneira]

Only to confirm, if you execute hlint in the cli, cd'ing in the workspace folder, does it work?

[georgefst]

Yes. HLS even works if I open just the subfolder using Add Folder to Workspace.

[georgefst]

Possibly relatedly, I have essentially the same issue with GHC environment files (they have to be in the root workspace directory, not just the one containing the relevant source file).

Perhaps I should just be using workspaces differently... But it does at least seem like a gotcha worth documenting somewhere - it's confusing when something can be loaded by ghc/ghci but HLS complains about not finding packages.

[alanz]

For the GHC source I just symlink the hlint config to the top directory. FYI.