Don't clobber sys.path[0]. #715

Author: nedbat

CHANGES.rst

@@ -17,12 +17,16 @@ Change history for Coverage.py
 Unreleased
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+- Coverage commands no longer clobber the first entry in sys.path, fixing
+  `issue 715`_.
+
 - Improvements to context support:
 
   - The "no such table: meta" error is fixed.: `issue 716`_.
 
   - Combining data files now goes much faster.
 
+.. _issue 715: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/715
 .. _issue 716: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/716
 
 

coverage/cmdline.py

@@ -465,10 +465,6 @@ def command_line(self, argv):
         if self.do_help(options, args, parser):
             return OK
 
-        # We need to be able to import from the current directory, because
-        # plugins may try to, for example, to read Django settings.
-        sys.path[0] = ''
-
         # Listify the list options.
         source = unshell_list(options.source)
         omit = unshell_list(options.omit)