feat(cli): interpret --project option for init as target folder

src/poetry/console/commands/init.py

@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ def handle(self) -> int:
         from poetry.layouts import layout
         from poetry.utils.env import SystemEnv
 
-        pyproject = PyProjectTOML(Path.cwd() / "pyproject.toml")
+        project_path = Path.cwd()
+
+        if self.io.input.option("project"):
+            project_path = Path(self.io.input.option("project"))
+            if not project_path.exists() or not project_path.is_dir():
+                self.line_error("<error>The --project path is not a directory.</error>")
+                return 1
+
+        pyproject = PyProjectTOML(project_path / "pyproject.toml")
 
         if pyproject.file.exists():
             if pyproject.is_poetry_project():