Add option --plugin-dirs (#11277)

Closes #3260
Authored by: imranh2, coletdjnz

Co-authored-by: coletdjnz <coletdjnz@protonmail.com>

yt_dlp/__init__.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 )
 from .update import Updater
 from .utils import (
+    Config,
     NO_DEFAULT,
     POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
     DateRange,
@@ -967,6 +968,10 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
 
     parser, opts, all_urls, ydl_opts = parse_options(argv)
 
+    # HACK: Set the plugin dirs early on
+    # TODO(coletdjnz): remove when plugin globals system is implemented
+    Config._plugin_dirs = opts.plugin_dirs
+
     # Dump user agent
     if opts.dump_user_agent:
         ua = traverse_obj(opts.headers, 'User-Agent', casesense=False, default=std_headers['User-Agent'])