From 6894d2c5d2d10efc3efaf1a8baf1a3f8c0189c83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ivan Kravets <me@ikravets.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2016 20:32:21 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Allow to pass project file path to run command instead
 project dir

---
 platformio/commands/run.py |  9 ++++++++-
 platformio/util.py         | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/platformio/commands/run.py b/platformio/commands/run.py
index 825d09ac..0f8c7402 100644
--- a/platformio/commands/run.py
+++ b/platformio/commands/run.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from platformio.managers.platform import PlatformFactory
     default=getcwd,
     type=click.Path(
         exists=True,
-        file_okay=False,
+        file_okay=True,
         dir_okay=True,
         writable=True,
         resolve_path=True))
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ def cli(ctx,  # pylint: disable=R0913,R0914
         silent,
         verbose,
         disable_auto_clean):
+    # find project directory on upper level
+    if isfile(project_dir):
+        project_dir = util.find_project_dir_above(project_dir)
+
+    if not util.is_platformio_project(project_dir):
+        raise exception.NotPlatformIOProject(project_dir)
+
     with util.cd(project_dir):
         # clean obsolete .pioenvs dir
         if not disable_auto_clean:
diff --git a/platformio/util.py b/platformio/util.py
index dcbf298a..4dbf530e 100644
--- a/platformio/util.py
+++ b/platformio/util.py
@@ -194,6 +194,16 @@ def get_project_dir():
     return os.getcwd()
 
 
+def find_project_dir_above(path):
+    if isfile(path):
+        path = dirname(path)
+    if is_platformio_project(path):
+        return path
+    if isdir(dirname(path)):
+        return find_project_dir_above(dirname(path))
+    return None
+
+
 def is_platformio_project(project_dir=None):
     if not project_dir:
         project_dir = get_project_dir()