fabric2 - fabfile.py in root folder is not found

[mcgaw]

fab should seach ancestor folders for a fabfile.py. However it skips the root folder. (This is documented here)

Admittedly this might be an unusual place to put the fabfile.py, but technically it should work imo.

Fabric 3.1.0
Paramiko 3.2.0
Invoke 2.1.2

Python 3.10.12 on Linux.

I stumbled on this when looking to have the fabfile found automatically in a Gitlab Docker build (which by default creates a folder at /builds, so the fab file needed to be above this).

Work around is to use the -r flag.

[LuckyType]

You could create a configuration file fabric.yml in your project directory, home directory or at /etc/fabric.yml with

tasks:
  search_root: /path/to/your/collection/root

This is documented here and here

[mcgaw]

@LuckyType Hi, I already have a workaround as described - thanks.