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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

`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

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.

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