From 6e642b9cf2f54d5e593fd5ded9246a6c4a61b5f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmad Afuni <ahmad.afuni@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 13:52:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(nargo): only search for `Nargo.toml` in commands which
 act on a Nargo package (#1029)

* Fix `new` command.

* Formatting
---
 crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs b/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs
index 27f98b33ba6..7bf5afd4f69 100644
--- a/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/nargo/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ enum NargoCommand {
 pub fn start_cli() -> eyre::Result<()> {
     let NargoCli { command, mut config } = NargoCli::parse();
 
-    // Search through parent directories to find package root.
-    config.program_dir = find_package_root(&config.program_dir)?;
+    // Search through parent directories to find package root if necessary.
+    if !matches!(command, NargoCommand::New(_)) {
+        config.program_dir = find_package_root(&config.program_dir)?;
+    }
 
     match command {
         NargoCommand::New(args) => new_cmd::run(args, config),