From 75ed461aaa8332faf7f93e76c4b0b91dcc3b3146 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael B. Gale" <mbg@github.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:34:25 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add `excluded.yml` path to `config.ts`

---
 pr-checks/config.ts      | 8 ++++++++
 pr-checks/sync-checks.ts | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pr-checks/config.ts b/pr-checks/config.ts
index 73001f13d..7f2826d59 100644
--- a/pr-checks/config.ts
+++ b/pr-checks/config.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,10 @@
+import path from "path";
+
 /** The oldest supported major version of the CodeQL Action. */
 export const OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION = 3;
+
+/** The `pr-checks` directory. */
+export const PR_CHECKS_DIR = __dirname;
+
+/** The path of the file configuring which checks shouldn't be required. */
+export const PR_CHECK_EXCLUDED_FILE = path.join(PR_CHECKS_DIR, "excluded.yml");
diff --git a/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts b/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
index a8c3665b9..604f1df9d 100755
--- a/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
+++ b/pr-checks/sync-checks.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import { type PaginateInterface } from "@octokit/plugin-paginate-rest";
 import { type Api } from "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods";
 import * as yaml from "yaml";
 
-import { OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION } from "./config";
+import {
+  OLDEST_SUPPORTED_MAJOR_VERSION,
+  PR_CHECK_EXCLUDED_FILE,
+} from "./config";
 
 /** Represents the command-line options. */
 interface Options {
@@ -39,7 +42,9 @@ export interface Exclusions {
 
 /** Loads the configuration for which checks to exclude. */
 function loadExclusions(): Exclusions {
-  return yaml.parse(fs.readFileSync("excluded.yml", "utf-8")) as Exclusions;
+  return yaml.parse(
+    fs.readFileSync(PR_CHECK_EXCLUDED_FILE, "utf-8"),
+  ) as Exclusions;
 }
 
 /** The type of the Octokit client. */