Specify working directory for node --run

[flakey5]

What is the problem this feature will solve?

Currently node --run doesn't allow you to specify the working directory to run the command in. This is needed for things like running the new api docs tooling (re #57343)

What is the feature you are proposing to solve the problem?

Something similar to npm's --prefix flag (i.e. npx --prefix <working dir> ... or npm --prefix <working dir> ...)

What alternatives have you considered?

No response

[flakey5]

cc @anonrig

re #57343 (comment)

[jasnell]

@flakey5 ... any suggestions on what the flag should look like?

I've never been a big fan of --prefix as a name for this. Perhaps node --run-in=/some/path --run ... ?

Also, this is definitely worthwhile I think. While I'm sure @anonrig can do it, I'd also encourage you to take a stab at it. The changes necessary are fairly straightforward.

[anonrig]

@flakey5 ... any suggestions on what the flag should look like?

What about --working-directory? Something like node --working-directory=../hello --run script

cc @JonasBa if interested, this could be a good contribution opportunity

[flakey5]

--run-in would work if this just applies for --run, --working-directory is better imo but there's an implication that it can also be used for source files as well

I.e.

// node --working-directory=/etc/123 main.js
process.cwd() // = /etc/123

[flakey5]

I can also take a swing at this if @JonasBa isn't interested

[anonrig]

--run-in would work if this just applies for --run, --working-directory is better imo but there's an implication that it can also be used for source files as well

I.e.

// node --working-directory=/etc/123 main.js
process.cwd() // = /etc/123

I'd just don't add working-directory to argument parser, and just parse it inside node run file implementation. If we have other implementation that uses working-directory then we can add it to arg parser.

[anonrig]

I can also take a swing at this if @JonasBa isn't interested

Go for it :-)

[jasnell]

I think just --working-directory would be confusing unless it sets the working directory for the entire process, including fs apis. If the impact of the flag is just for the run command then its name should reflect that.