Load .githubactivity from the top-level of the git checkout

github_activity/cli.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from subprocess import run
 
 from .git import _git_installed_check
+from .git import _git_toplevel_path
 from .github_activity import _parse_target
 from .github_activity import generate_activity_md
 from .github_activity import generate_all_activity_md
@@ -141,15 +142,18 @@
 
 def load_config_and_defaults(args):
     """
-    Load .githubactivity.json from the current directory,
+    Load .githubactivity.json from the Git top-level directory,
     override unset args with values from .githubactivity.json,
     and set defaults for remaining args.
     """
-    try:
-        with open(".githubactivity.json") as f:
-            config = json.load(f)
-    except FileNotFoundError:
-        config = {}
+    config = {}
+    git_toplevel = _git_toplevel_path()
+    if git_toplevel:
+        try:
+            with open(os.path.join(git_toplevel, ".githubactivity.json")) as f:
+                config = json.load(f)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            pass
 
     # Treat args as a dict
     # https://docs.python.org/3/library/argparse.html#the-namespace-object

github_activity/git.py

@@ -8,3 +8,13 @@ def _git_installed_check():
         return True
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         return False
+
+
+def _git_toplevel_path():
+    """Fetch the top-level of the local Git repository"""
+    cmd = ["git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"]
+    try:
+        top = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+        return top.strip().decode()
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        return None

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -52,14 +52,28 @@ def test_cli_dot_config(tmp_path, monkeypatch, file_regression):
 
     path_output = tmp_path / "out.md"
 
-    repo_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent.absolute()
-    shutil.copytree(str(repo_dir), str(tmp_path), dirs_exist_ok=True)
-    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    # We need to augment the repository with a custom .githubactivity.json
+    # but since a local git repo is only needed to get the origin a shallow
+    # clone is enough
+    run(
+        [
+            "git",
+            "clone",
+            "--depth=1",
+            "https://github.com/executablebooks/github-activity",
+            str(tmp_path / "repo"),
+        ],
+        check=True,
+    )
+    tests_dir = Path(__file__).parent
     shutil.copyfile(
-        repo_dir / "tests" / "resources" / "cli_no_target.githubactivity.json",
-        ".githubactivity.json",
+        str(tests_dir / "resources" / "cli_no_target.githubactivity.json"),
+        str(tmp_path / "repo" / ".githubactivity.json"),
     )
 
+    # cd into a subdirectory so we test the lookup of .githubactivity.json
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path / "repo" / "tests")
+
     command = cmd.format(path_output=path_output)
     run(command.split(), check=True)
     md = path_output.read_text()