/s: parameter value requires absolute path

[cm8581]

Presuming:
Windows 2012
Current directory is E:\MSBuild\project
SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe is in another directory which is in the %PATH%.

SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe begin /k:key /n:name /v:1.0 /s:E:\MSBuild\project\SettingsFile.xml -- succeeds.

SonarQube.Scanner.MSBuild.exe begin /k:key /n:name /v:1.0 /s:SettingsFile.xml -- causes error:

SonarQube Scanner for MSBuild 4.0.2
Loading analysis properties from SettingsFile.xml
Pre-processing started.
Preparing working directories...
Unable to find the SonarQube analysis settings file 'SettingsFile.xml'.
Please fix the path to this settings file.

[valhristov]

During its execution the Scanner for MSBuild changes the current directory and the relative paths provided in the /s argument should take that into account. See #670 for the details.

#669 changes the error messages to display the full path of the properties file as the scanner sees it.

To fully fix this issue, the paths should be relative to an intuitive location:

• the original current directory, before the scanner changes it
• in TFS/VSTS - the source directory - TF_BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY or BUILD_SOURCESDIRECTORY correspondingly.

The problem with this suggestion is that it is a breaking change - all existing builds that use relative paths should be changed.