Fix per-package target setting not being used

CHANGES.md

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## 4.1.2 (unreleased)
 
+- Fix #53: Per-package target setting now correctly overrides default-target when constructing checkout paths.
+  [jensens]
+
 - Fix #55: UnicodeEncodeError on Windows when logging emoji. The emoji is now conditionally displayed only when the console encoding supports it (UTF-8), avoiding errors on Windows cp1252 encoding.
   [jensens]
 

CLAUDE.md

@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ myext-package_setting = value
 - **Formatting**: Black-compatible (max line length: 120)
 - **Import sorting**: isort with `force_alphabetical_sort = true`, `force_single_line = true`
 - **Type hints**: Use throughout (Python 3.8+ compatible)
+- **Path handling**: Prefer `pathlib.Path` over `os.path` for path operations
+  - Use `pathlib.Path().as_posix()` for cross-platform path comparison
+  - Use `/` operator for path joining: `Path("dir") / "file.txt"`
+  - Only use `os.path.join()` in production code where needed for compatibility
 - **Logging**: Use `logger = logging.getLogger("mxdev")` from [logging.py](src/mxdev/logging.py)
 - **Docstrings**: Document public APIs and complex logic
 

src/mxdev/config.py

@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ def is_ns_member(name) -> bool:
             package.setdefault("install-mode", mode)
             package.setdefault("vcs", "git")
             # XXX: path should not be necessary in WorkingCopies
-            package.setdefault("path", os.path.join(target, name))
+            # Use package["target"] not 'target' variable to respect per-package target setting (#53)
+            package.setdefault("path", os.path.join(package["target"], name))
             if not package.get("url"):
                 raise ValueError(f"Section {name} has no URL set!")
             if package.get("install-mode") not in ["direct", "skip"]:

tests/data/config_samples/config_with_custom_target.ini

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+[settings]
+default-target = ./sources
+docs-directory = documentation
+
+[package.with.default.target]
+url = https://github.com/example/package1.git
+
+[package.with.custom.target]
+url = https://github.com/example/package2.git
+target = custom-dir
+
+[package.with.interpolated.target]
+url = https://github.com/example/docs.git
+target = ${settings:docs-directory}

tests/test_config.py

@@ -185,3 +185,46 @@ def test_configuration_package_defaults():
     assert pkg["install-mode"] == "direct"  # default mode
     assert pkg["vcs"] == "git"
     assert "path" in pkg
+
+
+def test_per_package_target_override():
+    """Test that per-package target setting overrides default-target.
+
+    This test demonstrates issue #53: the target setting for individual
+    packages should override the default-target setting.
+    """
+    from mxdev.config import Configuration
+
+    base = pathlib.Path(__file__).parent / "data" / "config_samples"
+    config = Configuration(str(base / "config_with_custom_target.ini"))
+
+    # Package without custom target should use default-target
+    pkg_default = config.packages["package.with.default.target"]
+    assert pkg_default["target"] == "./sources"
+    # Normalize paths for comparison (handles both Unix / and Windows \)
+    assert (
+        pathlib.Path(pkg_default["path"]).as_posix()
+        == pathlib.Path(pkg_default["target"])
+        .joinpath("package.with.default.target")
+        .as_posix()
+    )
+
+    # Package with custom target should use its own target
+    pkg_custom = config.packages["package.with.custom.target"]
+    assert pkg_custom["target"] == "custom-dir"
+    assert (
+        pathlib.Path(pkg_custom["path"]).as_posix()
+        == pathlib.Path(pkg_custom["target"])
+        .joinpath("package.with.custom.target")
+        .as_posix()
+    )
+
+    # Package with interpolated target should use the interpolated value
+    pkg_interpolated = config.packages["package.with.interpolated.target"]
+    assert pkg_interpolated["target"] == "documentation"
+    assert (
+        pathlib.Path(pkg_interpolated["path"]).as_posix()
+        == pathlib.Path(pkg_interpolated["target"])
+        .joinpath("package.with.interpolated.target")
+        .as_posix()
+    )