enable starting hx with a working directory (#8223)

* added working path arg to cli and help menu

* improve working path cli arg handling

* enable hx to set the working path

* applied cargo formatting

* improved code from cargo clippy suggestion

* improved code from follow up review

* fix for -w <path> is set but args.files is empty

* improved formatting of --help output

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/helix-term/src/application.rs b/helix-term/src/application.rs
index 3e6da5bb..7c23ddfe 100644
--- a/helix-term/src/application.rs
+++ b/helix-term/src/application.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ impl Application {
         let editor_view = Box::new(ui::EditorView::new(Keymaps::new(keys)));
         compositor.push(editor_view);
 
+        if let Some(path) = args.working_directory {
+            helix_loader::set_current_working_dir(path)?
+        }
         if args.load_tutor {
             let path = helix_loader::runtime_file(Path::new("tutor"));
             editor.open(&path, Action::VerticalSplit)?;