From 42f1c3944cb184ad64dabc0449afb3b86b4fea61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan McConnell <rammcconnell@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 03:05:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] add `srcDir` variable to nim.cfg (#24919)

There might be a way to do this but I couldn't find anything about it.
This is a very simple thing that goes a long way in certain situations.
Trying to avoid needing to switch to nimscript just to get:
```nim
# config.nims
import os
let srcDir = currentSourcePath.parentDir()
switch("define", &"ProjPath:\"{srcDir}\"")
```
with this change just needs:
```
# nim.cfg
d %= "ProjPath=$srcDir"
```

(cherry picked from commit 544c26c0b8c6ba32a8655f9718ebef8467aa6d27)
---
 compiler/nimconf.nim | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/compiler/nimconf.nim b/compiler/nimconf.nim
index 5417cd1e93..5d31dea57f 100644
--- a/compiler/nimconf.nim
+++ b/compiler/nimconf.nim
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ proc parseAssignment(L: var Lexer, tok: var Token;
       checkSymbol(L, tok)
       val.add($tok)
       confTok(L, tok, config, condStack)
-  config.currentConfigDir = parentDir(filename.string)
   if percent:
     processSwitch(s, strtabs.`%`(val, config.configVars,
                                 {useEnvironment, useEmpty}), passPP, info, config)
@@ -249,6 +248,8 @@ proc loadConfigs*(cfg: RelativeFile; cache: IdentCache; conf: ConfigRef; idgen:
   setDefaultLibpath(conf)
   template readConfigFile(path) =
     let configPath = path
+    conf.currentConfigDir = configPath.splitFile.dir.string
+    setConfigVar(conf, "selfDir", conf.currentConfigDir)
     if readConfigFile(configPath, cache, conf):
       conf.configFiles.add(configPath)