hey I think I m a little bit confused about the correct usag

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hey I think I m a little bit confused about the correct usage of `files` and `resources` I have a file that I sort of expected to live at the root of my temp pants folder but when I check under ` pants d pyprep ` it actually creates the full path I mean I can change how I load the file but I thought `files` would put it as a loose file with the rest of the test files and `resources` would keep the whole path

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

`resources` are relative to the nearest source root <https www pantsbuild org v1 30 docs source roots> `files` are currently always relative to the buildroot

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

it s possible that the relativeness of `files` will change as part of <https github com pantsbuild pants issues 10733> the current behavior was mostly based on `files` only being consumed by test targets if they re also consumed by the replacement for `app` as described there then the semantics should probably change a bit

witty-crayon-22786 · Answer

`resources` are relative because they are loaded via the python module system uniformly across tests and runtime

wooden-thailand-8386 · Answer

+1 now it makes more sense thanks