From 8567a56de315efd7160cec0442bf9e31601fe7b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Steinberg <taylor@steinberg.xyz>
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:01:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: show current directory in missing requirements error

---
 rsconnect/environment.py |  2 +-
 tests/test_main.py       | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rsconnect/environment.py b/rsconnect/environment.py
index 85bd1037..1dc792b1 100644
--- a/rsconnect/environment.py
+++ b/rsconnect/environment.py
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ def _check_requirements_file(directory: str, requirements_file: typing.Optional[
             "The requirements file '%s' does not exist in '%s'.\n"
             "Please create the file or specify a different file with --requirements-file.\n"
             "To have the requirements file generated using pip freeze, pass --force-generate."
-            % (requirements_file, directory)
+            % (requirements_file, directory or ".")
         )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_main.py b/tests/test_main.py
index 94a59c2f..bcd69ed9 100644
--- a/tests/test_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_main.py
@@ -2130,6 +2130,38 @@ def test_bad_entrypoint(self, tmp_path):
         assert "does not exist" in result.output
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("command", "filename"),
+    [
+        (["write-manifest", "notebook"], "nb.ipynb"),
+        (["deploy", "notebook"], "nb.ipynb"),
+        (["deploy", "quarto"], "doc.qmd"),
+    ],
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("path_kind", ["bare", "relative", "absolute"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("requirements_file", [None, "custom.txt"])
+def test_missing_requirements_reports_content_directory(
+    tmp_path, monkeypatch, command, filename, path_kind, requirements_file
+):
+    monkeypatch.chdir(tmp_path)
+    content_dir = tmp_path if path_kind == "bare" else tmp_path / "content"
+    content_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+    content = content_dir / filename
+    content.write_text('{"cells":[],"metadata":{},"nbformat":4,"nbformat_minor":5}')
+    path = str(content) if path_kind == "absolute" else str(content.relative_to(tmp_path))
+    expected_directory = str(content_dir) if path_kind == "absolute" else os.path.dirname(path) or "."
+
+    requirements_option = ["--requirements-file", requirements_file] if requirements_file else []
+    with mock.patch("rsconnect.main.which_quarto", return_value="quarto"), mock.patch(
+        "rsconnect.main.quarto_inspect", return_value={"engines": ["jupyter"]}
+    ):
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(cli, [*command, *requirements_option, path])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    expected_file = requirements_file or "requirements.txt"
+    assert f"The requirements file '{expected_file}' does not exist in '{expected_directory}'." in result.output
+
+
 class TestWriteManifestNodeJS:
     def test_help(self):
         runner = CliRunner()