Issue #20568 has been updated by alanwu (Alan Wu). Status changed from Open to Rejected Closing as per discussion in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/10950 ---------------------------------------- Misc #20568: Look for test.rb in the current working directory https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/20568#change-108815 * Author: eightbitraptor (Matthew Valentine-House) * Status: Rejected ---------------------------------------- [Github PR link](https://github.com/ruby/ruby/pull/10950) The `test.rb` script used by `make run` etc is explicitly located in the `$srcdir` - the location of the Ruby source code. The [Building Ruby](https://docs.ruby-lang.org/en/master/contributing/building_ruby_md.html) documentation recommends using out-of-source builds. Requiring `test.rb` to be located in the source directory prevents me from having multiple build directories, with a distinct `test.rb` per build, instead forcing pollution of the source directory. I propose looking for `test.rb` in the current working directory. This will maintain compatibility with in-source builds, and provide extra flexibility for those of us using out-of-source builds. There will be a small one time impact for Ruby committers, who will have to move their existing `test.rb` files into their build directories. -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/