[FIXED] Current working directory for jupyter notebook sets to temp folder in vscode

Issue

I'm trying to set current working directory (CWD) to edited file location for Jupyter Notebook in VS Code. I use ${fileDirname} in python.dataScience.notebookFileRoot setting. However it uses temporary folder as ${fileDirname} instead of original file folder.

Same issue was discussed couple times already (e.g. https://stackoverflow.com/a/54794976/12488601) with tried solution pointed out.

Here is example of cwd:

os.getcwd()
.. 'C:\\Users\\MjH\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\1f6cc207-562f-4ae1-8754-e2013ae2c12d'

While expected result is C:\Workspace\Project.

So use of ${fileDirname} does not work in my case. I use following ad-hoc solution, which, obviously, won't update if file is moved.

import sys
import os
sys.path.insert(0, r'C:\workspace\project')
os.chdir(sys.path[0])

Now I'm trying to understand three things:

1. is my case a unique one?
2. if it's general issue, is there a feature request/issue submitted for VS Code to address it?
3. is there a better ad-hoc solution?

VS Code version: Code 1.40.2 (f359dd6, 2019-11-25T14:54:45.096Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.17763

Solution

As of January 2021 adding the following line in my setting helps to solve the issue

"jupyter.notebookFileRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",

Answered By - Espoir Murhabazi