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# 7. Use relative paths from base directory
Date: 2025-11-28
## Status
Accepted
## Context
We needed to decide how to represent file paths in query results.
Candidates:
- Absolute path: `/Users/kzmshx/Documents/Obsidian/atoms/daily/2025-11-01.md`
- Relative path: `daily/2025-11-01.md`
## Decision
Use relative paths from `--base-dir`.
```python
result["path"] = str(path.relative_to(base_dir))
```
## Consequences
- Portable path representation independent of environment
- Concise output with unnecessary prefixes removed
- Paths outside base-dir are not included in results
- Clients need to join with base-dir if absolute paths are required