Resolve check and freshen paths against the manifest's directory (closes #177)

Without --base, check and freshen now look for a manifest's files in the
directory that holds the manifest, the file named or the one found in a
directory argument, instead of the current directory. check of a manifest
given by URL still uses the current directory, and a --base given on the
command line, the current directory included, still overrides. The --base
help text of both commands and the README's Tool Examples state the
default; the README gains a freshen entry to do so.

Model: opus-5-5

internal/cli/mfer.go

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	cmdList     = "list"
 	cmdVersion  = "version"
 
+	flagBase               = "base"
 	flagProgress           = "progress"
 	flagTimeout            = "timeout"
 	flagDest               = "dest"
@@ -259,10 +260,11 @@ func (mfa *CLIApp) checkCommand() *cli.Command {
 		},
 		Flags: append(commonFlags(),
 			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:    "base",
+				Name:    flagBase,
 				Aliases: []string{"b"},
-				Value:   ".",
-				Usage:   "Base directory for resolving relative paths from manifest",
+				Usage: "Base directory for resolving relative paths from manifest " +
+					"(by default the directory holding the manifest, or the " +
+					"current directory for a manifest URL)",
 			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:    flagProgress,
@@ -292,10 +294,10 @@ func (mfa *CLIApp) freshenCommand() *cli.Command {
 		},
 		Flags: append(commonFlags(),
 			&cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:    "base",
+				Name:    flagBase,
 				Aliases: []string{"b"},
-				Value:   ".",
-				Usage:   "Base directory for resolving relative paths",
+				Usage: "Base directory for resolving relative paths " +
+					"(by default the directory holding the manifest)",
 			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:    "follow-symlinks",