From 4fbe435f515a26ea11732c982900a1f011dff589 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 16:09:49 -0500
Subject: fix(test): make test-name resilient to load-time cwd changes

make test-name loads every test file into one Emacs, then selects by name. test-system-defaults-functions.el requires system-defaults at load, which runs (setq default-directory user-home-dir), an intentional config choice. That leaked the cwd into the shared session, so every relative -l tests/X.el load after it resolved against the wrong directory and aborted the whole run with Error 255.

I made two changes. test-name now passes absolute paths to -l so loads survive any cwd change, and the test contains the leak by let-binding default-directory around the require. The production setq stays as is.
---
 Makefile | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'Makefile')

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4e19149d..26cb7619 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ endif
 	@echo "Running tests matching pattern: $(TEST)..."
 	@$(EMACS_TEST) \
 		-l ert \
-		$(foreach test,$(ALL_TESTS),-l $(test)) \
+		$(foreach test,$(ALL_TESTS),-l $(abspath $(test))) \
 		--eval '(ert-run-tests-batch-and-exit "$(TEST)")'
 	@echo "✓ Tests matching '$(TEST)' complete"
 
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