child-theme throws an error if the --path argument is set

[michaelandre0]

Bug Report

I am trying to create a child theme using the following command:

wp scaffold child-theme child-slug --parent_theme=parent-slug --theme_name="My child theme" --activate --path=../mywpsite/

It then throws this error:

Error: Invalid theme slug specified. The target directory '/home/clients/0000000000/myfolder/../mywpsite/wp-content/themes/child-slug' is not in '/home/clients/0000000000/myfolder/../mywpsite/wp-content/themes'.

• The command is being run from the folder ~/myfolder/
• The target wordpress install is located in ~/mywpsite/ so I need to set --path=../mywpsite/

However, if I execute the command directly from the ~/mywpsite/ folder, it works fine, but the folder has to exist before or I get the following error.

Success: Created '/home/clients/0000000000/mywpsite/wp-content/themes/child-slug'.
Error: The theme directory "child-slug" does not exist.

BUT, the folder AND files still have been created.

That being said, I need to have it work with the --path argument, so I'm assuming this is a bug.

How can this be fixed ?

Thank you

[NickStallman]

Just noticed that this issue is the same as mine. #263

There is a str_replace line that needs to be wrapped with realpath to fix the issue.

[swissspidy]

Looks like this is still relevant, but the attached PR got closed by accident.

It could be restored from https://gist.github.com/danielbachhuber/2951826b5cee4db3c8245ff095d5b7de though.

@NielsdeBlaauw would you be interested in giving this another go?

[ernilambar]

In this issue, are we talking about Windows setup? In Mac, I am not being able to reproduce the mentioned issue.

[michaelandre0]

In this issue, are we talking about Windows setup? In Mac, I am not being able to reproduce the mentioned issue.

Since I posted this, and considering how the paths look like I would say it wasn't a Windows environment but I can't remember for sure since it was 4 years ago.
However I do use Windows for many devs and it could be a possibility.

[sarahschopick]

I keep getting an error message that I need to install the parent theme, even though the parent theme is already installed.

[ernilambar]

@sarahschopick Is it possible to provide detailed steps to reproduce the issue? And also your setup environment info. Asking because we are not being able to reproduce issue in our local setup.