🔒 Accessing a file from a different folder within the repository

[grave apex]

I git cloned a repository into vscode. Within file1.py, i'm trying to access a function from file2.py
I'm using the following command: from big_folder.folder-2.file2 import function_name

however, i'm getting the error, ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'big_folder'
could someone please help? Thanks so much!

[primal elk]

@grave apex

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[heavy wedge]

1 - How are you running the script?. If you're running file1.py directly from the folder-1 directory, it's not going to be able to find BIG_FOLDER

you will want to add __init__.py under each directory to treat them each like a package

Then i think you should be able to run the file1 module as main like
python -m BIG_FOLDER.folder-1.file1

[grave apex]

alright thank you!

[primal elk]

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