From 259e5c50f5ac4eb6d6854becf07713afc914ef71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bluwy <bjornlu.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:24:44 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Support absolute paths in status output flag

---
 .changeset/twelve-emus-fetch.md           | 5 +++++
 packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/twelve-emus-fetch.md

diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-emus-fetch.md b/.changeset/twelve-emus-fetch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3caa5efa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-emus-fetch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@changesets/cli": patch
+---
+
+Support absolute paths in `changeset status --output <path>`
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts
index d69cd1589..ef2256a89 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/status/index.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export default async function status(
 
   if (output) {
     await fs.writeFile(
-      path.join(cwd, output),
+      path.resolve(cwd, output),
       JSON.stringify(releasePlan, undefined, 2)
     );
     return;