feat(engine): ctx.configFile names the config file the run read

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Problem

A relative path inside prisma.config.ts means "relative to this file", but a command handler could only see ctx.cwd. When --config points into another directory, the ORM's command wrapper resolved contract and migrations.dir against the invocation directory. Verified with prisma 8.0.0-rc.13 and @prisma/orm-toolchain 8.0.0-rc.8:

exp/
  sub/
    prisma.config.ts   # contract: ./contract.prisma
    contract.prisma

From exp/sub, prisma contract emit --config ./prisma.config.ts succeeds. From exp, prisma contract emit --config ./sub/prisma.config.ts fails with CONTRACT.SOURCE_LOAD_FAILED because it looks for exp/contract.prisma. The ORM's own loader, its finalize-config.ts docs, and Composer all anchor on the config file's directory, so the same file meant different things under different hosts.

Change

The command context carries configFile: string | null: the absolute path of the file the run read. That is the --config value resolved against the working directory when the flag is given, the discovered prisma.config.ts in cwd otherwise, and null for a command with no config need (the file is never read). The server command context carries the same field.

The engine resolves the loader's reported path against runtime.cwd itself, so a host loader that echoes the --config value verbatim still yields an absolute path. The real loader already reports absolute paths, so this is a no-op for it.

The ORM side (finalizedConfigContext in prisma/orm anchoring on dirname(ctx.configFile)) follows once this ships in a published @prisma/cli-engine.

Verification

• New tests in packages/cli-engine/tests/config.test.ts (ctx.configFile): a relative --config arrives absolute, a discovered file is <cwd>/prisma.config.ts, a host loader reporting a relative path is resolved against cwd, and a command with no config need gets null without the loader being called. They failed to compile before the change.
• pnpm --filter @prisma/cli-engine test: 38 files, 893 tests pass.
• Repository pnpm typecheck and pnpm lint pass.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Command handlers now expose the absolute path of the configuration file used for the current run.
  • Configuration paths are resolved consistently for explicit, discovered, and host-provided configuration files.
  • Commands that do not require configuration report no configuration file path.

• Tests

  • Added coverage for explicit, discovered, relative, and configuration-free command scenarios.

Walkthrough

The CLI engine now exposes configFile on CommandContext and server handler IO. Needs checking returns an absolute config path when configuration is loaded, or null when no configuration is required. Execution passes this value to mounted and server commands. Tests cover explicit paths, discovery, relative loader paths, and commands without configuration needs.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 3e4ba

The server config-file path behavior is implemented but lacks direct regression coverage, making future wiring regressions harder to detect. Add the focused server-command test before merge if practical.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 50.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 6 functions across 7 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding ctx.configFile to name the configuration file used by the run.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description directly explains the path-resolution problem, the ctx.configFile and server-context changes, normalization behavior, tests, and verification results.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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🔵 Trivial · Add a server-command config propagation regression test. · engine.ts:724-749

packages/cli-engine/src/execution/engine.ts:724-749
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add a server-command config propagation regression test.

The existing config tests use defineCommand, and the server tests do not declare needs.config or assert io.config and io.configFile. They would pass if executeServer omitted, nulled, or mis-forwarded needsOutcome.configFile.

Add a defineServerCommand test with needs.config, a deterministic loader, and exact assertions for both values. Do not use --config; server commands do not inject shared flags.

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In `@packages/cli-engine/src/execution/engine.ts` around lines 724 - 749, Add a
regression test for executeServer using defineServerCommand with needs.config
and a deterministic config loader, without passing --config. Assert that the
handler receives the exact expected values through io.config and io.configFile,
covering propagation from needsOutcome.config and needsOutcome.configFile.

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In `@packages/cli-engine/src/execution/engine.ts`:
- Around line 724-749: Add a regression test for executeServer using
defineServerCommand with needs.config and a deterministic config loader, without
passing --config. Assert that the handler receives the exact expected values
through io.config and io.configFile, covering propagation from
needsOutcome.config and needsOutcome.configFile.

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• packages/cli-engine/src/commands.ts
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• packages/cli-engine/src/execution/needs.ts
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