Working Directories

By default, tasks run in the directory where luca run was invoked. You can override this at the pipeline level, the task level, or both.

Pipeline-Level Working Directory

Sets the default working directory for all tasks in the pipeline:

working-directory: ios/

tasks:
  - name: Generate
    command: tuist generate   # Runs in ios/

  - name: Build
    command: xcodebuild build  # Also runs in ios/

Task-Level Working Directory

Overrides the pipeline-level setting for a single task:

working-directory: ios/

tasks:
  - name: Install tools
    command: luca install
    working-directory: .   # Runs in the invocation directory, not ios/

  - name: Generate
    command: tuist generate  # Runs in ios/

Relative Path Resolution

All relative paths are resolved against the directory where luca run was invoked — not against the pipeline file's location.

Given a project layout:

my-project/
├── pipelines/
│   └── ci.yml        # working-directory: ios/
├── ios/
└── backend/

Running luca run ci from my-project/ resolves ios/ to my-project/ios/.

Absolute Paths

Absolute paths are also accepted:

working-directory: /tmp/build