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HTTPS server served by http.server ignores --directory argument #134176

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Bug description:

Originally reported by @ggqlq in #134168 (comment)

The HTTPS server always uses the work path of current terminal as its root directory and ignores the --directory flag:

# HTTPS
$ ./python -m http.server --tls-cert ~/Projects/ssl/localhost.crt --tls-key ~/Projects/ssl/localhost.key -d ~/test
Serving HTTPS on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (https://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...
127.0.0.1 - - [18/May/2025 13:28:16] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -

$ curl -k https://0.0.0.0:8000/
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en">
<head>
# ...
</head>
<body>
<h1>Directory listing for /</h1>
<hr>
<ul>
<li><a href=".azure-pipelines/">.azure-pipelines/</a></li>
<li><a href=".coveragerc">.coveragerc</a></li>
<li><a href=".devcontainer/">.devcontainer/</a></li>
<li><a href=".editorconfig">.editorconfig</a></li>
<li><a href=".git/">.git/</a></li>
<li><a href=".gitattributes">.gitattributes</a></li>
<li><a href=".github/">.github/</a></li>
# ...
# Files in my cpython repo's root path
</ul>
<hr>
</body>
</html>

# HTTP

$ ./python -m http.server -d ~/test
Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 (http://0.0.0.0:8000/) ...
127.0.0.1 - - [18/May/2025 13:24:30] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 200 -

$ curl http://0.0.0.0:8000/
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html lang="en">
<head>
# ...
</head>
<body>
<h1>Directory listing for /</h1>
<hr>
<ul>
<li><a href="1">1</a></li>
<li><a href="2">2</a></li>
<li><a href="3">3</a></li>
</ul>
<hr>
</body>
</html>

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

Other, Linux

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  1. added
    type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
    stdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directory
    3.14bugs and security fixes
    on May 18, 2025
  2. deleted a comment from harun380kalma on May 18, 2025
  3. deleted a comment from harun380kalma on May 18, 2025
  4. picnixz commented on May 18, 2025

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    Closing as a duplicate as per #134168 (comment).

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