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       <td><code>${workspaceFolder}</code></td>
-      <td>Sets the current working directory used to lint Python files with Mypy. By default, it uses the root directory of the workspace <code>${workspaceFolder}</code>. You can set it to <code>${fileDirname}</code> to use the parent folder of the file being linted as the working directory for Mypy. You can also set it to <code>${nearestConfig}</code> to use the folder of the nearest parent <code>pyproject.toml</code> or <code>mypy.ini</code>.
+      <td>Sets the current working directory used to lint Python files with Mypy. By default, it uses the root directory of the workspace <code>${workspaceFolder}</code>. You can set it to <code>${fileDirname}</code> to use the parent folder of the file being linted as the working directory for Mypy. You can also set it to <code>${nearestConfig}</code> to use the nearest parent/ancestor folder which contains a <code>pyproject.toml</code> or a <code>mypy.ini</code> file.
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