Unable to use folders/file present locally from non-package

[nidhi-singh02]

Background & motivation

Currently upload_files allows to pass the GitHub URL, I have a usecase where I wish to upload files from my local machine into kurtosis enclave. The files are present in the same repository where the kurtosis package is present, but not within the package.
I went through the other issues that are raised, couldn't find how to do it. Let me know if there's a workaround for this. Can we have this feature in the roadmap pls.

#1700 has been closed with the GitHub PR, seems local folder stuff is not yet supported.

Desired behaviour

Should be able to specify any local file path & turn into a files artifact to use for the services inside their enclaves, without needing to have the desired data to be part of a Kurtosis package.

How important is this to you?

Critical; Kurtosis is unusable for me without it.

What area of the product does this pertain to?

CLI: the Command Line Interface

[tedim52]

Hey @nidhi-singh02 ! Thanks for creating this issue, the way Kurtosis is designed currently, all assets that need to be referenced by locators (eg. in upload_files or read_file) need to be placed inside of the Kurtosis package. I would suggest moving any assets you need in the enclave inside the package but maybe there is a reason you can't do this?

[nidhi-singh02]

Yes, I understand that. The thing is I have a usecase where I wish to upload files from my local machine into kurtosis enclave. The files are present in the same repository where the kurtosis package is present, but not within the package.