Allow flash/compile to accept relative json paths (#11767)

* Allow flash/compile to accept relative paths

* Review suggestions

* Review comments

* Put back exists check otherwise stdin fails

* fix lint

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/python/qmk/cli/compile.py b/lib/python/qmk/cli/compile.py
index 322ce6a25..db195f78a 100755
--- a/lib/python/qmk/cli/compile.py
+++ b/lib/python/qmk/cli/compile.py
@@ -2,15 +2,14 @@
 
 You can compile a keymap already in the repo or using a QMK Configurator export.
 """
-from argparse import FileType
-
 from milc import cli
 
+import qmk.path
 from qmk.decorators import automagic_keyboard, automagic_keymap
 from qmk.commands import compile_configurator_json, create_make_command, parse_configurator_json
 
 
-@cli.argument('filename', nargs='?', arg_only=True, type=FileType('r'), help='The configurator export to compile')
+@cli.argument('filename', nargs='?', arg_only=True, type=qmk.path.FileType('r'), help='The configurator export to compile')
 @cli.argument('-kb', '--keyboard', help='The keyboard to build a firmware for. Ignored when a configurator export is supplied.')
 @cli.argument('-km', '--keymap', help='The keymap to build a firmware for. Ignored when a configurator export is supplied.')
 @cli.argument('-n', '--dry-run', arg_only=True, action='store_true', help="Don't actually build, just show the make command to be run.")