fix for issue JabRef#7719, v1

devinluo27 · May 10, 2021 · 5f11f2d · 5f11f2d
1 parent abd0caa
commit 5f11f2d
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/groups/GroupDialogViewModel.java
@@ -335,10 +335,12 @@ public AbstractGroup resultConverter(ButtonType button) {
                             FieldFactory.parseField(autoGroupPersonsFieldProperty.getValue().trim()));
                 }
             } else if (typeTexProperty.getValue()) {
+                // issue 7719: add workingDir to filepath if it is relative
+                Path inputPath = preferencesService.getWorkingDir().resolve(Path.of(texGroupFilePathProperty.getValue().trim()));
                 resultingGroup = TexGroup.create(
                         groupName,
                         groupHierarchySelectedProperty.getValue(),
-                        Path.of(texGroupFilePathProperty.getValue().trim()),
+                        inputPath,
                         new DefaultAuxParser(new BibDatabase()),
                         Globals.getFileUpdateMonitor(),
                         currentDatabase.getMetaData());

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/DefaultFileUpdateMonitor.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/util/DefaultFileUpdateMonitor.java
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ private void notifyAboutChange(Path path) {
     public void addListenerForFile(Path file, FileUpdateListener listener) throws IOException {
         if (isActive()) {
             // We can't watch files directly, so monitor their parent directory for updates
+            // toAbsolutePath() will add the path to Jabref as home directory to file, if file is not a absolute path
             Path directory = file.toAbsolutePath().getParent();
             directory.register(watcher, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_CREATE, StandardWatchEventKinds.ENTRY_MODIFY);
             listeners.put(file, listener);