Merge pull request #3752 from jdfreder/add_cwd2path

nbconvert: Add cwd to sys.path

This makes transformers and filters in the cwd load
from dotted object names.

IPython/nbconvert/nbconvertapp.py

@@ -137,9 +137,18 b' class NbConvertApp(BaseIPythonApplication):'
     @catch_config_error
     def initialize(self, argv=None):
         super(NbConvertApp, self).initialize(argv)
+        self.init_syspath()
         self.init_notebooks()
         self.init_writer()
 
+
+    def init_syspath(self):
+        """
+        Add the cwd to the sys.path ($PYTHONPATH)
+        """
+        sys.path.insert(0, os.getcwd())
+        
+
     def init_notebooks(self):
         """Construct the list of notebooks.
         If notebooks are passed on the command-line,