make file referencing more robust

Author: mingness

scripts/add_new_contribution_to_yaml.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 from datetime import datetime
 import json
+import pathlib
 from sys import argv
 
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
         props['download'] = props['source'][:props['source'].rfind('.')] + '.zip'
 
     # open database
-    database_file = '../contributions.yaml'
+    database_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'contributions.yaml'
 
     yaml = YAML()
     with open(database_file, 'r') as db:

scripts/fetch_updates.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 import argparse
 from datetime import datetime
+import pathlib
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
 from parse_and_validate_properties_txt import read_properties_txt, parse_text, validate_existing
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ def process_contribution(contribution):
   if args.index:
     index = args.index
 
-  database_file = '../contributions.yaml'
+  database_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'contributions.yaml'
 
   # read in database yaml file
   yaml = YAML()

scripts/utils.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+import pathlib
 from ruamel.yaml import YAML
 
-database_file = '../contributions.yaml'
+database_file = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'contributions.yaml'
 
 
 def get_contributions():