From: Mike Yuan <me@yhndnzj.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2025 20:09:52 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: run: refuse --root-directory= in --scope mode
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run: refuse --root-directory= in --scope mode

As discussed in #39669, let's reject this for now.
---

diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c
index 9c79f99d117..1286ae176ef 100644
--- a/src/run/run.c
+++ b/src/run/run.c
@@ -866,6 +866,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                                                "--wait may not be combined with --scope.");
         }
 
+        if (arg_scope && arg_root_directory)
+                return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
+                                       "--root-directory= is not supported in --scope mode.");
+
         if (same_dir && arg_root_directory && !path_equal(arg_root_directory, "/"))
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                                        "--same-dir cannot be used with a root directory other than '/'");