Python works in PyCharm but not from terminal

Question

I recently figured out how to import modules for unittesting in python. As a solution to this, I use:

sys.path.append(os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..')))
from Dev.test import someclass

This works fine while running in PyCharm and I get the expected output. However, when I run from terminal I run into an error:

ImportError: No module named Dev.test

I have the init files where they are supposed to be but I'm lost as to why this is working in PyCharm but not from the terminal. I have not changed my path or anything in PyCharm as this code is supposed to be able to run with minimal modifications on other machines. Any idea as to why this is happening and what I might be able to do to fix it?

My folder structure is as follows

-Current
-Dev
 -__init__.py
 -test
  - __init__.py
  -someclass.py
  -Tests
   -__init__.py
   -someunittest.py

I have tried running someunittest from the main folder as well as with a complete path but it only works in PyCharm

Answer 1

sys.path.append(os.getcwd()[:os.getcwd().index('Dev')])

I added this to my imports and it seems to have solved the problem. However, this doesn't seem like it would be the right way to do it; it will do for now.