Description

When following the monorepo documentation, I configure repo_dir = ".." to point from my package directory to the repository root. PSR then emits this warning:

WARNING:root:Found .git/ in higher parent directory rather than provided in configuration.

The warning is misleading because the configuration is correct—.. does resolve to the repository root.

Cause

In semantic_release/cli/config.py, the verify_git_repo_dir validator compares paths without resolving them:

if dir_path.absolute() != found_path:
    logging.warning(...)

Path("..").absolute() returns /path/to/package/.. rather than /path/to/repo, so the comparison fails even when both paths point to the same directory.

Suggested Fix

if dir_path.resolve() != found_path.resolve():

Reproduction

Directory structure:

my-monorepo/           # .git/ here
├── package-a/
│   └── pyproject.toml  # repo_dir = ".."

Commands:

cd package-a
semantic-release version --print
# WARNING:root:Found .git/ in higher parent directory...

Documented Workflow

The monorepo guide instructs users to run PSR from the package subdirectory:

"To release a package, change your current working directory to the package directory and execute PSR's semantic-release version."

In this workflow, the .git/ directory will always be in a parent directory. The warning contradicts the documented approach.

Environment

• python-semantic-release: 10.5.3
• Python: 3.12
• OS: Linux