[#1075]: chore(work_dir): change wd before searching for the config

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 940092e4..9b4c4f6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run linter
         uses: golangci/[email protected]
         with:
-          version: v1.44 # without patch version
+          version: v1.45.1 # without patch version
           only-new-issues: false # show only new issues if it's a pull request
           args: --build-tags=safe --timeout=10m
 
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index cde73399..888f3478 100755
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Documentation: <https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint#config-file>
 
 run:
+  go: '1.17'
   timeout: 1m
   skip-dirs:
     - .github
diff --git a/internal/cli/root.go b/internal/cli/root.go
index f71368f1..7e22124a 100644
--- a/internal/cli/root.go
+++ b/internal/cli/root.go
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ func NewCommand(cmdName string) *cobra.Command { //nolint:funlen
 				return errors.Str("no configuration file provided")
 			}
 
+			if workDir != "" {
+				if err := os.Chdir(workDir); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
 			if absPath, err := filepath.Abs(*cfgFile); err == nil {
 				*cfgFile = absPath // switch config path to the absolute
 
@@ -55,12 +61,6 @@ func NewCommand(cmdName string) *cobra.Command { //nolint:funlen
 				}
 			}
 
-			if workDir != "" {
-				if err := os.Chdir(workDir); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-
 			if v, ok := os.LookupEnv(envDotenv); ok { // read path to the dotenv file from environment variable
 				dotenv = v
 			}