Add MYPY_CONFIG_FILE_DIR to environment when config file is read (2nd…

… try) (#9414)

(This fixes the mistake I introduced in the previous version.)

Resubmit of #9403.

Fixes #7968.

Co-authored-by: aghast <aghast@aghast.dev>

mypy/config_parser.py

@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ def parse_config_file(options: Options, set_strict_flags: Callable[[], None],
     else:
         return
 
+    os.environ['MYPY_CONFIG_FILE_DIR'] = os.path.dirname(
+            os.path.abspath(config_file))
+
     if 'mypy' not in parser:
         if filename or file_read not in defaults.SHARED_CONFIG_FILES:
             print("%s: No [mypy] section in config file" % file_read, file=stderr)

mypy/test/testcmdline.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 cmdline_files = [
     'cmdline.test',
     'reports.test',
+    'envvars.test',
 ]
 
 

test-data/unit/envvars.test

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Test cases related to environment variables
+[case testEnvvar_MYPY_CONFIG_FILE_DIR]
+# cmd: mypy --config-file=subdir/mypy.ini
+[file bogus.py]
+FOO = 'x'  # type: int
+[file subdir/good.py]
+BAR = 0  # type: int
+[file subdir/mypy.ini]
+\[mypy]
+files=$MYPY_CONFIG_FILE_DIR/good.py
+