fix setCommand so it behaves like regular nim invocation (#18555)

compiler/cmdlinehelper.nim

@@ -44,14 +44,7 @@ proc processCmdLineAndProjectPath*(self: NimProg, conf: ConfigRef) =
   elif self.supportsStdinFile and conf.projectName == "-":
     handleStdinInput(conf)
   elif conf.projectName != "":
-    try:
-      conf.projectFull = canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile conf.projectName)
-    except OSError:
-      conf.projectFull = AbsoluteFile conf.projectName
-    let p = splitFile(conf.projectFull)
-    let dir = if p.dir.isEmpty: AbsoluteDir getCurrentDir() else: p.dir
-    conf.projectPath = AbsoluteDir canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile dir)
-    conf.projectName = p.name
+    setFromProjectName(conf, conf.projectName)
   else:
     conf.projectPath = AbsoluteDir canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile getCurrentDir())
 

compiler/options.nim

@@ -695,6 +695,16 @@ proc setDefaultLibpath*(conf: ConfigRef) =
 proc canonicalizePath*(conf: ConfigRef; path: AbsoluteFile): AbsoluteFile =
   result = AbsoluteFile path.string.expandFilename
 
+proc setFromProjectName*(conf: ConfigRef; projectName: string) =
+  try:
+    conf.projectFull = canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile projectName)
+  except OSError:
+    conf.projectFull = AbsoluteFile projectName
+  let p = splitFile(conf.projectFull)
+  let dir = if p.dir.isEmpty: AbsoluteDir getCurrentDir() else: p.dir
+  conf.projectPath = AbsoluteDir canonicalizePath(conf, AbsoluteFile dir)
+  conf.projectName = p.name
+
 proc removeTrailingDirSep*(path: string): string =
   if (path.len > 0) and (path[^1] == DirSep):
     result = substr(path, 0, path.len - 2)

compiler/scriptconfig.nim

@@ -151,18 +151,9 @@ proc setupVM*(module: PSym; cache: IdentCache; scriptName: string;
     setResult(a, strutils.cmpIgnoreCase(a.getString 0, a.getString 1))
   cbconf setCommand:
     conf.setCommandEarly(a.getString 0)
-    # xxx move remaining logic to commands.nim or other
     let arg = a.getString 1
     incl(conf.globalOptions, optWasNimscript)
-    if arg.len > 0:
-      conf.projectName = arg
-      let path =
-        if conf.projectName.isAbsolute: AbsoluteFile(conf.projectName)
-        else: conf.projectPath / RelativeFile(conf.projectName)
-      try:
-        conf.projectFull = canonicalizePath(conf, path)
-      except OSError:
-        conf.projectFull = path
+    if arg.len > 0: setFromProjectName(conf, arg)
   cbconf getCommand:
     setResult(a, conf.command)
   cbconf switch: