Summary

• Load JavaScript/TypeScript plugin config files with the workspace/package cwd, while restoring the original process cwd afterward.
• Keep the cwd switch scoped to plugin config loading instead of changing the generic loader API/behavior for every load() caller.
• Add a GraphQL Codegen regression fixture whose --config ./src/codegen.ts file reads package-relative config and only resolves when evaluated from the package cwd.

Root Cause

graphql-codegen --config ./src/codegen.ts is discovered from the package script, so the config should be evaluated the same way that package script runs: from the workspace/package cwd. When Knip loads the config from the repo-root cwd, relative paths inside the config resolve incorrectly and plugin dependencies referenced by the loaded config can be reported as unused.

Validation

• node --test packages/knip/test/plugins/graphql-codegen.test.ts
• pnpm exec oxfmt --check packages/knip/src/util/loader.ts packages/knip/src/util/plugin.ts packages/knip/test/plugins/graphql-codegen.test.ts packages/knip/fixtures/plugins/graphql-codegen-script-config-cwd-context/**/*.ts packages/knip/fixtures/plugins/graphql-codegen-script-config-cwd-context/**/*.json
• pnpm run --dir packages/knip lint
• pnpm run --dir packages/knip build
• No-cache riptech validation with the GraphQL Codegen ignore removed and the original relative dotenv path left in place: node /Users/jakeleventhal/Documents/Codex/2026-05-22/update-my-pr-based-on-this/knip/packages/knip/src/cli.ts --directory /Users/jakeleventhal/Developer/rip-technologies --no-progress --workspace @artelo/integrations