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Summary

  • reject implicit BAML project discovery when baml.toml is only found in an ancestor directory
  • report the manifest path and the directory the user should enter
  • keep explicit --project / --from selection and manifest-less baml_src/ projects working
  • apply the same behavior to strict and lenient project-loading commands

Root cause

The shared CLI resolver always walked up from the current directory, so relative paths could silently resolve against a project root chosen from the caller's directory depth. This made command behavior stateful and difficult for SDK callers to predict.

User impact

Commands that implicitly find an ancestor baml.toml now exit with a focused error telling the user to run from the manifest directory. Users who intentionally run elsewhere can select the project explicitly.

Validation

  • cargo fmt --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml --package baml_cli -- --check
  • cargo test --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml -p baml_cli project_load::tests (21 passed)
  • cargo test --manifest-path baml_language/Cargo.toml -p baml_cli --test exit_code_e2e (48 passed)
  • git diff --check

Linear: B-527

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved project discovery when commands are run from a subdirectory.
    • Added a clear error message directing you to run commands from the directory containing baml.toml or provide --from.
    • Preserved support for explicitly selected projects and manifest-less baml_src/ discovery.
    • Improved project inspection behavior when an explicitly selected manifest is malformed.

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Implicit project discovery now rejects nested invocations when it finds an ancestor baml.toml. The CLI reports the required working directory. Explicit --from selection and manifest-less discovery remain supported. End-to-end tests cover baml check and baml describe.

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Project discovery behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Validate implicit manifest discovery
baml_language/crates/baml_cli/src/project_load.rs
Implicit resolution rejects ancestor manifests for nested invocations. Explicit from paths, project-root invocations, and manifest-less layouts remain valid.
Cover CLI discovery paths
baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/exit_code_e2e.rs
Tests verify the nested-directory error, explicit --from recovery, and introspection with an explicitly selected malformed manifest.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Mergeability Score: ⚪ Minimal · up to bf3f7

The PR changes implicit project discovery to require running from the manifest directory while preserving explicit selection and manifest-less projects; targeted tests and formatting checks pass, and the remaining test assertion refinement is trivial, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

Possibly related PRs

Suggested reviewers: aaronvg, codeshaunted, hellovai

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A rabbit found a manifest deep in the hall,
“Use --from,” said the sign on the wall.
Nested hops now stop with care,
Rooted projects answer there.
Tests thump softly: paths are clear.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)
baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/exit_code_e2e.rs (1)

159-177: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the manifest path and required directory.

These assertions accept any baml.toml reference and any Change to instruction. Assert tmp.path().join("baml.toml") and tmp.path() explicitly. This protects the output contract that the error reports the discovered manifest and its required working directory.

Proposed test update
     let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&implicit.stderr);
+    let manifest_path = tmp.path().join("baml.toml");
     assert!(stderr.contains("baml.toml"), "got stderr:\n{stderr}");
+    assert!(
+        stderr.contains(&manifest_path.display().to_string()),
+        "expected manifest path in stderr:\n{stderr}",
+    );
     assert!(
-        stderr.contains("Change to `"),
+        stderr.contains(&format!("Change to `{}`", tmp.path().display())),
         "expected change-directory guidance in stderr:\n{stderr}",
     );
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In `@baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/exit_code_e2e.rs` around lines 159 - 177,
Strengthen the stderr assertions in the implicit manifest-directory check to
require the exact discovered manifest path tmp.path().join("baml.toml") and the
exact required working directory tmp.path(), rather than accepting arbitrary
baml.toml or Change to references. Keep the existing exit-code and general
guidance assertions unchanged.
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Nitpick comments:
In `@baml_language/crates/baml_cli/tests/exit_code_e2e.rs`:
- Around line 159-177: Strengthen the stderr assertions in the implicit
manifest-directory check to require the exact discovered manifest path
tmp.path().join("baml.toml") and the exact required working directory
tmp.path(), rather than accepting arbitrary baml.toml or Change to references.
Keep the existing exit-code and general guidance assertions unchanged.

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Closing because B-527 was cancelled.

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